Jewish American Heritage Month

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Bergen County runner makes trek from LA to NYC

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Kevin R. Wexler, NorthJersey.com

After just over an hour, Ilana Eden Matteson and her mother, Beryl Eden, crossed the finish line at the Rubin Run, a Kaplen JCC event in Tenafly. The mother-daughter team walked the entire 5K roughly 3 miles finishing last.

"It's not about competition," said Matteson, 53, of Tenafly, as she celebrated her 73-year-old mother, who just had hip replacement surgery. "It's being with your mom on Mother's Day."

On this gray, overcast Sunday, over 750 people came out forthe Rubin Run, which celebrates family and fitnesswhile raising funds for programs that help disabled people. This is the first time in two years that the event fully resumed; KaplenJCC held a virtual event in 2020and a hybrid event in 2021.

The run is aMother's Day tradition, withoptions for 10K,5K and family run events through the streets of Tenafly, Englewood and Englewood Cliffs. Each mother was handed a red rose at the finish line, and top finishers of all races received trophies.

Englewood Cliffs resident Steve Jacobs, 63, received a trophy for finishing third in his division. He ran with his wife,Clarice, 62. Theirdaughter Leah, 22, returned home from college in Boston for the weekend for the event.

"We did this to support the JCC and to celebrate my day," Clarice Jacobs said of Mother's Day.

The event is open to all and brings together a wide range of runners and non-runnersfrom the Jewish and non-Jewish communities around the region, said Miriam Chilton, chief operating officer of Kaplen JCC.

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The month of May has been about making a difference at the center, with events such as a sports night with Eli Manning, she added.

The run provides a range of experiences, from those who just want to share in a healthy walk to those who are looking to push themselves, Chilton said.

The Rubin Run, one of the largest fundraisers at Kaplen JCC, according to incoming board chair Arthur Sinesky,is named for the late Leonard Rubin, a past president and founder of the JCC, who established theevent to encourage and promote healthy living.It specifically raises money forJCCs Guttenberg Center for Special Services, which improves the quality of life for people with disabilities. It brought in about $140,000 this year.

In Hebrew, giving back to the community is called tikkun olam.

"It means 'improve the world,' " Sinesky said. "We improve people's lives."

For Englewood resident Thomas Leung, 53, healthy living is what the race is all about.

"We do it every year," said Leung, who was with his wife, Stacey, and children Wesley, 13, Lisbon, 10, and Russell, 10. "It's part of our family tradition."

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