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Monsters DO take many forms — and Jewish athletes find out who the real ones are

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Next week the world will be given a profound demonstration of resilience under unimaginable circumstances.

And a media blackout may succeed in silencing it.

On July 1, Jerusalem will host the opening ceremonies for the 22nd Maccabiah Games, the first to be staged since the bloody and unprovoked Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023.

Thousands of athletes from all over the world will compete in the 13-day event sometimes known as the Jewish Olympics — a misnomer, because people of all races and religions take part.

It should be a joyous celebration of athletic prowess in a Middle East scarred by relentless war and the constant threat of missile and drone attacks.

The games, attracting a wealth of competitors second only to the Olympics, have been played since 1932, even before the founding of the Jewish state.

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They’ve endured through global depressions, a world war and the Holocaust.

Against all odds, they’ve survived — like Judaism itself.

So why has almost no one on this side of the Atlantic heard of them?

You’d think there’d be cheers, fireworks, media hype, sponsorship deals.

You’d expect American news outlets to be clamoring for images of our warriors getting ready to rumble for the red, white and blue — along with the blue and........

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