2005 Maccabiah Games

17th Maccabiah
The Moment to Love
Host cityTel Aviv, Israel
Nations55
Debuting countries Cyprus
 Macedonia
 Luxembourg
Athletes7,700
Events100
OpeningJuly 11, 2005
ClosingJuly 21, 2005
Opened byGal Fridman
Main venueRamat Gan Stadium

The 17th Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: המכביה ה-17 ישראל תשס"ה), held in Israel, were an incarnation of the 'Jewish Olympics.' They attracted the largest attendance of any Maccabiah Games, including more than 900 representatives from the United States, almost 500 from Australia, and more than 2,000 from Israel, bringing the total participants to more than 7,700 from 55 countries.

Israel ended the games at the top of the medal count with 228 gold medals. The United States was second with 71 gold medals, while Russia came in third with 15.