The local chapter of the organization hosts weekly runs and walking events aimed at bringing attention to the Israeli hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack. In Colorado, the group has chapters in Boulder and Denver.

Details of the attack on a pro-Israel group in Colorado continue to emerge after the bombing stunned the country on Sunday. The attack took place in Boulder, Colorado, around 1:30 p.m. Sunday as the Run for Their Lives group participated in a walk calling for the release of Jewish hostages held captive by Hamas in

The spate of attacks has left Jewish communities grappling with how safe it is to be outwardly Jewish in public, or even to advocate for causes others may interpret as Jewish or pro-Israel. That has left groups such as Run for Their Lives weighing how to continue their activism without putting participants at risk.