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marathon
Olympics-LA heat to test Rio hopefuls in U.S. marathon trials
Jewish Journal
February 12, 2016
Unseasonably high temperatures will challenge runners at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials on Saturday with the top three finishers in the men\’s and women\’s races earning spots on the United States Olympic team.
Local mom-athoner pounds pavement for a cure
Kylie Ora Lobell
April 17, 2014
Shannon Griefer ran a 135-mile ultramarathon in Death Valley in the middle of July, across the scorching hot terrain in the glow of the fiery sun.
Gaza runner barred by Israel from Bethlehem marathon
Jewish Journal
April 9, 2014
Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a decision by the IDF to bar a Palestinian runner from Gaza from participating in a marathon in Bethlehem.
Local girl battles cancer, fire and Miami Marathon
Jewish Journal
February 12, 2014
She may only be 10 years old, but Sienna Wolfe’s narrow escape from a bunkhouse fire during sleep-away camp last summer wasn’t the first time she’s eluded death: The Beverly Hills girl is also a cancer survivor.
A suit and a story from a Holocaust survivor
Rob Eshman
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
Jewish Journal
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
Jonah Lowenfeld
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.
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