Hartford to Baltimore Nine Mandell JCC swimmers, soccer players and writers were among more than 3,000 Jewish teens from all over the world who participated at the JCC Maccabi Games and JCC Maccabi Artsfest in Baltimore, Md. from August 8-13. Team Hartford took home 15 medals, including a Gold Medal in the 400 Individual Medley by Jordan Alter. The JCC team included: (front row, left to right) Samantha Peikes, Michael Liebman, Rachel Fishman, Rebecca Liebman and Esther Hoff; (back row, left to right) Jordan Alter, Ryan Kurtis (delegation head), Andrew Shichman, Matthew Yellin and Matthew Goodall.