Junior Ashton Silk is one of 14 golfers from the United States who have been selected to the Open Golf Team for the 20th World Maccabiah Games, which will take place July 4-18 in Israel.
 
Maccabi USA will bring a team of more than 1,000 athletes who will join the other 8,750 Jewish athletes from 80 countries who will participate in 43 different sports.
 
Silk, a native of Hillsborough who attended Serra High School, will join Scott Adams (Asheville, NC / Colgate), Hannah Berman (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL / West Florida), Joseph Burkinshaw (Germantown, MB / Shepherd), Zachary Burkinshaw (Germantown, MB / Shepherd), Ben DuBois (Renton, WA / Gonzaga), Benjamin Field (Plymouth Meeting, PA / Drexel), Julia Hyman (Allentown, PA / Georgetown), David Lebowitz (Santa Monica, CA / Tulane), Marni Murez (Manhattan Beach, CA / Boston College), Alexa Popowitz (Boca Raton, FL / Georgetown), Benjamin Smith (Philadelphia, PA / Delaware), Julie Steinbauer (Doral, FL / Rollins College) and Sean Wigler (Birmingham, AL / Arizona State) on the United States' golf team at the Maccabiah Games.
 
Since 1932, over 62,000 athletes have participated in the Maccabiah Games, in a celebration of Jewish Strength and Solidarity. Team USA's success is not only measured by the medals won, but by the impact that the Maccabiah experience had on their lives as well as the friendships they formed.
 
Maccabi USA builds Jewish pride through sports, generating the emotional intensity, high ideals, and powerful camaraderie of competition.  We connect athletes, volunteers, and supporters with the global Jewish community.  Our athletic, educational, and cultural experiences build Jewish identity, perpetuate Jewish continuity worldwide, and strengthen support for the State of Israel.