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Yehoshua Alouf
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli writer”. Today it says “one of the founders of sports in israel and the leaders of the maccabi organization and the maccabiah games”.
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Yehoshua Alouf (Volpianski; March 4, 1900 – July 26, 1980) was one of the founders of sports in Israel and the leaders of the Maccabi organization and the Maccabiah Games . He was the recipient of the Israel Prize in 1974.
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israeli writer
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one of the founders of sports in israel and the leaders of the maccabi organization and the maccabiah games
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