This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on May 6, 2013

A suit and a story

By Rob Eshman
Published on May 1, 2013

It had been a tough week. The more news I read about the Boston bombing, the less I understood. Who were these young men, full of grievance, using a fresh start in America to maim and kill innocents?

Medical examiner keeps private how Boston bombing suspect died

Published on April 29, 2013

An autopsy on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev determined precisely how he died after a bloody shootout with police but the results can't be made public until the body is claimed, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Medical Examiner said on Monday.

My cousin Bruce: a Boston hero

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 26, 2013

When the first bomb went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Bruce Mendelsohn was partying in an office overlooking Boylston Street. The blast knocked him off of his seat.

Rabbi leads interfaith service at Boston Marathon bombing site

Published on April 22, 2013

About 100 people attended a rabbi-led interfaith service for the victims of the Boston Marathon attack at the site of the bombing.

Marathon bomb suspect eludes police, hunt shuts Boston down

Published on April 19, 2013

Black Hawk helicopters and heavily armed police descended on a Boston suburb Friday in a massive search for an ethnic Chechen suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, hours after his brother was killed by police in a late-night shootout.

Israel at 65

By Rob Eshman
Published on April 19, 2013

I watched the video of the Boston Marathon bombings and thought, of course, of the bus bombings that wracked Jerusalem and Tel Aviv a decade ago.

Obama in Boston vows U.S. will find perpetrators of bombings

Published on April 18, 2013

President Barack Obama told a memorial service for the Boston bombing victims that "we will find" whoever carried out the attack that killed three people as investigators search for two men seen on a video of the scene shortly before the blasts.

‘Running Rabbi’ recounts chaos at Boston Marathon, vows to run in next year’s race

Published on April 16, 2013

“It was a beautiful day. I was so excited to run and having such a good run. The crowd was unbelievable. The whole experience was amazing. It was almost magical."

Jewish community ‘vigilant’ in the wake of Boston Marathon bombings

Published on April 15, 2013

The head of the security network for U.S. Jewish organizations said the community is "standing vigilant" following bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Man dies, dozens in hospital from heat at Tel Aviv marathon

Published on March 15, 2013

One man died and as many as 12 people suffered serious medical complications during a marathon held in Tel Aviv despite government warnings of extremely hot weather.

Day 85 - Why I’m Reading the Whole Talmud… Again

By Salvador Litvak
Published on November 8, 2012

Orthodox women marathoners don’t skirt a 26-mile challenge

Published on June 6, 2012

At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 20, four cars headed from Los Angeles to the 2012 Pasadena Marathon filled with members of the Skirts for SOLA team. Despite training for weeks, many of these newly minted runners still could not fully grasp that the day truly had come. "There were moments when I thought, ‘It's not going to happen,' " said Sarah Chin, captain of the Skirts team, which is made up of a group of Orthodox women from the Chabad-Lubavitch community of South La Cienega (SOLA) who would be testing their abilities in the marathon or its accompanying shorter runs.

Ethiopian immigrant is top Jewish finisher in this year’s Jerusalem Marathon

Published on March 18, 2012

Ashrat “Assaf” Mamo is such a common sight when he pounds the pavement in Jerusalem that he’s on a first-name basis with city bus drivers who, he said, always “ask me about the marathon and encourage me.”

Marathon’s wrong turn, Dylan’s return, underground hospital

Published on April 4, 2011

Here are some recent stories out of Israel that you may have missed: Race to the (wrong) finish With all the twists and turns in Jerusalem, perhaps it was no surprise that the first three runners to complete the city's first official marathon ended up at the wrong finish line.

Three Kenyans take Jerusalem marathon

Published on March 25, 2011

Three Kenyans won first, second and third place in Jerusalem's first marathon. Raymond Kipkoechh, 34, was first to cross the finish line Friday with a time of 2:26:44. Second place was taken by Mutai Kopkorir, 24 with a time of 2:26:55 and third was Kiman Njorage, 33 at 2:27:19.

Jewish runners decry post-Yom Kippur marathon

Published on January 4, 2011

Jewish marathon runners are racing to complain about the timing of the Chicago Marathon, which is set for the day after Yom Kippur. The runners have called and sent e-mails to the Bank of America Chicago, the marathon's sponsor, saying that they will not be able to take in enough carbohydrate-laden food following the fast in time to prepare for the 26.2-mile run on Oct. 9, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.

The Roots of an Israel Marathon

Published on August 3, 2006

Some people raise money for Israel, other people visit Israel, and still others look for a unique way to support the country, like Eat4Israel. Now a new group of local athletes wants to Run for Israel, in Israel. A marathon, to be precise. "Roots Marathon" is starting their training program this summer, inviting people of different faiths to run the 30th Tiberias Marathon or 10k in Northern Israel next winter.

Two Finish Lines

By Ron Rubin
Published on March 24, 2005

What is the touchstone that unites a 26.2-mile marathon with a Siyum Hashas celebration of completing the 7.5-year page-a-day Talmud cycle?

Purim Briefs

Published on March 4, 2004

Purim Briefs

In the     Running

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 1, 2001

Skylar Lenox, 14, hasn't recently visited the cemetery where her father, John, is buried. "It's just a plot," said Lenox, an award-winning platform diver and president of Adat Ari El's United Synagogue Youth chapter.