The 20th Maccabiah Games open this evening in Jerusalem in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.
Leo-Dan Bensky, chairman of the Keren Hayesod campaign in Finland, is the president of the Maccabi World Union and will speak at the opening ceremonies at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem this evening. After the final rehearsal for the opening ceremonies, we met him and he told us about his work as head of the Keren Hayesod Finland campaign and about the Maccabiah in Israel, which he says is taking place in a very special year.