42 | APRIL 6 • 2023 

ERETZ

W

hile Detroiters of 
all faiths could 
run a marathon to 
celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a 
week early at the 40th Annual 
Corktown Race last month, a 
reported 40,000 participants, 
including 30,000 runners, took 
to the Holy City’s streets in 
the 12th annual International 
Jerusalem ‘Winner’ Marathon 
on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. 
Beginning in Sacher Park 
in the middle of the Israeli 
capital, the route passed by 
the walls of the Old City, the 
Sultan’s Pool, Mount Zion, 
the German Colony, Rehavia, 
Armon HaNatziv promenade, 
Ammunition Hill, Mishkenot 
Sha’ananim, Mount Scopus and 
the Mount of Olives, closing 
many of the Israeli capital’s 
roads to traffic.
Runners from 72 countries 
participated in six races 
throughout the day. Several 
participants were originally 
from Detroit, including Ellie 
Rothstein, Chaim Levitz and 
my family, the Warshays. 
Races included the full- 
and half-marathons, 10-km 
and 5-km competitive runs, 
and a 1.7 km family run. A 
highlight this year was the 0.8-
km community run, creating 
“social awareness” by involving 
some 5,000 adults, children, 

and families, supporting some 
45 social organizations that 
partner with the Jerusalem 
Winner Marathon.
Noah Kigen Kiprotich of 
Kenya won the full Marathon 
for men with a time of 2:18:13 
hours, and Margaret Njugna, 
also of Kenya, took her 2:52:44 
time to win the women’s 
crown.
Among the nonprofit 
and issue-oriented groups 
partnering with the Marathon 
was Kav Lanoar, which helps 
people integrate emotional 
health into relationships with 
family, friends, schools and 
community. Led by Rothstein, 
the agency has a specialty 
serving the English-speaking 
community and a focus 
also on gap-year students 
in yeshivot, internships and 
apprenticeships, and other 
study-abroad programs in 
Israel. 
The organization per-
forms interventions, 
including clinical therapy 
and case management 
individually and in schools, 
community education and 
psychoeducational groups, 
professional support and 
government advocacy for 
service providers.
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe 
Leon stated that he places the 

Detroiter-Israelis 
Run for Charity 
at Jerusalem 
Marathon

NATHANIEL WARSHAY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

TOP TO BOTTOM: Ellie Rothstein and Chaim Levitz at the 
Jerusalem Marathon. Assaf, Gavirel, Avigail, Maayan, Shaina 
and Nathaniel Warshay.

