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4/2/2020 | Post by Ben Rothke

Encouraging wellness in a corporate setting

With a corporate emphasis on wellness, the Tapad cafeteria has a large selection of healthy snacks. For those who think wellness means candy, there’s also M&M’s for those in need of a sugar wellness fix. Be it encouraging exercise, Team Tapad participation in a Tough Mudder race, and more....

1/3/2019 | Post by Shira Zwebner

RUNNING FOR A CAUSE

KAYLA SODARO, 24, wanted to physically challenge herself last year and decided to train and race in the 10K. Her cousin, Sharon Feifer, community education administrator at Kav L’Noar ( kavlnoar.org/jerusalem-marathon-runners/ ), an Israel-based organization that supports struggling youth and their families, suggested that she run with their organization....

1/3/2018 | Post by Rabbi Ephraim Epstein

Purim Shpiel Appeal

Help me reach my goal of 5K as I run my 10K. ...

28/2/2018 | Post by Avrumi Finkelstein

NACHUM FEATURES KAV L’NOAR ON JM IN THE AM

NACHUM FEATURES KAV L’NOAR ON JM IN THE AM By : Avrumi Finkelstein | Nachum features Kav L'Noar: CLICK TO LISTEN Nachum welcomed Rabbi Dovid Kupchik of Kav L’Noar and Rabbiscanrun.org to this morning’s JM in the AM to discuss the organization and to preview Team Kav L’Noar’s participating...

1/2/2018 | Post by Eitan Geffen

Running Group for Rabbis

את החליפות האדוקות הם החליפו בנעלי ספורט ומכנסי ריצה: פרויקט "Rabbis Can Run" שם לו למטרה להביא למהפך בשגרת חייהם של רבנים בצפון אמריקה. ל-ynet הם מספרים כיצד ניתן לשלב בין לימודי תורה לפעילות גופנית, ואיך, בגיל 50, קמים מהכיסא לקראת השתתפות במרוץ מרתון כשנוהגים לחשוב על רבנים, הדברים...

31/1/2018 | Post by Rachel Kurland

Local Rabbis in It for the Long Run

When Rabbi Ephraim Epstein was asked to participate in a 10K race, he thought it was a joke. But he’ll be joining about a dozen other rabbis from across North America for Rabbis Can Run , a fundraising event that encourages Orthodox rabbis to participate in the Jerusalem Marathon...

30/1/2018 | Post by Jewish Press Staff

RabbisCanRun for Youth at Risk in Israel

This past August, Rabbi Eliezer Hirsch, a young rabbi at Congregation Mekor Habracha (Philadelphia, PA), bravely shared with his community that he has been diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease, a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. Physical exercise and intense...

25/1/2018 | Post by Elianna Rudee

NGOs add social value and Israel-Diaspora dimension to Jerusalem Marathon

Some run to stay fit. Others enjoy the physical and mental challenge. But participating organizations in this year’s Jerusalem Marathon not only enjoy such personal benefits—they are also running for social causes. According to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, more than 6,000 participants ran “to raise money for all sorts...

18/1/2018 | Post by Pearl Markovitz

NJ Rabbis Join RabbisCanRun on Behalf of Kav L’Noar in Jerusalem Marathon

There was no mistaking the enthusiasm of Meir Kaniel of Passaic, the North American representative of Kav L’Noar, as he announced the participation of three local rabbis in RabbisCanRun, a contingent of American rabbis who will be running in the Jerusalem Marathon in March. The rabbis, all part of...

3/1/2018 | Post by JAYNE JACOVA FELD Voice staff

Sons of Israel’s Ephraim Epstein in training for health, charity, and more

A running rabbi: On a brisk fall Friday morning, Cong.Sons of Israel Rabbi Ephraim Epstein took a break from his usual Shabbos preparations to start a new routine that will require the flexing of more than the usual intellectual muscles. Prayer books aside, he donned his seldom-used sweats and...

25/4/2017 | Post by Rabbi Rafi Lipner

Notes from a 'Running Rabbi:' The Spiritual Dimension of a Marathon

Once, the question, "Hey Rabbi, do you want to go for a run?" would have elicited from me an emphatic, "I'm not a runner!" Before I began training three months ago, my distance record was half a kilometre in 15 minutes – the amount of time it takes me...

26/3/2017 | Post by Sharon, Tali and Ariela, Marathon Team Coordinator

Jerusalem Marathon 2017: Running For Families

Running For Families to Keep Families Running The amazing Jerusalem Marathon race known for it's magnificent views, and challenging hills is now behind us. Participating in the Jerusalem marathon along with thousands of Israelis and others from around the world from all backgrounds and levels of running is an...

9/3/2017 | Post by Meir Kaniel, LSW

5 Towns Jewish Times

On March 17, just a few days after Purim, I will have the privilege to run in the Jerusalem Half Marathon to help benefit a wonderful organization called Kav L'Noar. Running with me will be three special rabbanim, who hope to complete their first 10K race. They have invested...

27/2/2017 | Post by Meir Kaniel

Rabbis Can Run: For the Benefit of Kav L'Noar

RabbisCanRun.org is Radically Redefining Rabbinic Intervention! Rabbis can run/for the benefit of Kav L'noar On March 17th I will i'yh have the zechus to run in Yerushalayim together with our Running Rabbis. With a lot of hard work and dedication the Rabbis are already at 4 miles and on...

16/2/2017 | Post by Barbara Bayer

Rabbi Rockoff aims to get fit while raising money for Israeli charity

Rabbi Rockoff runs twice a week in preparation for Rabbis Can Run, a 10K event held in conjunction with the Jerusalem Marathon to raise money for Kav L'Noar of Israel. If you've seen a man running in the area of 99th and Antioch wearing a BIAV Minayn Man sweatshirt,...

17/3/2016 | Post by Dani Yemini

Running, role models and the belief that anything is possible

We are at the last stretch before the Jerusalem marathon tomorrow, the moment we have waited and prepared for! Last night I attended a gala evening for the marathon organizers and representatives of the participating non-profit teams, to thank all the sponsors. I had the opportunity to tell the...

9/3/2016 | Post by Arutz Sheva Staff

IDF Givati Soldiers Join Battle to Save Troubled Teens

Group of IDF Givati Brigade soldiers to take part in Jerusalem Marathon for Kav L'Noar charity, helping children at risk. A group of soldiers from the IDF's Givati Infantry Brigade are to take part in a sponsored fun run in aid of troubled Israeli teens. Soldiers will be joining...

7/3/2016 | Post by Dani Yemini

Role Models for the Next Generation

Nearly everyone looks up to someone. Role models are complicated. Sometimes, those being revered don't necessarily invite the reverence and aren't necessarily deserving of it. Sometimes, they DO deserve to be idolized and sometimes, they even deserve to be watched by those rising in the ranks and emulated. Betzalel...

3/3/2016 | Post by Ronald Wachtel

Finding The Spark - Kav L'Noar and Givati Join Together to Ignite the Spark in our Youth

"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In a...