With antisemitism on the rise, a Jewish group at Harvard is ensuring its members can defend themselves … bringing one of the vital harmful individuals on this planet to show self-defense, UFC fighter Natan Levy.
32-year-old Levy, an 8-2 pro-MMA fighter, not too long ago taught college students at Harvard Chabad — a Jewish pupil group on the Ivy League College — amid fears the Jewish college students might be in bodily hazard.
Natan taught a variety of methods … from strikes (jabs, crosses, kicks, and so forth.) to wrist grabs and extra over the course of an hour-long class.
Levy talked to The Crimson, Harvard’s newspaper, and stated the objective was to “train individuals to face robust, to point out confidence, to be happy with who they’re, to by no means be ashamed of who they’re and the place they got here from.”
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The president and Rabbi of Harvard Chabad, Hirschy Zarchi, stated the coaching was essential.
“There’s a notion that Jews are bodily weak,” Zarchi stated. “We’d like robust Jews.”
Levy, an Israeli fighter, rose to recognition final 12 months when video of him sparring with an antisemitic white supremacist went viral, displaying Natan dishing out an embarrassing beat down.
For the Jewish neighborhood of Harvard, many really feel the courses are essential … as the college has seen an increase in hate in the direction of the neighborhood within the wake of the October 7 assaults in Israel.
The category is a part of a free six-part course often known as StandStrong … based in 2019 as a response to a spike in antisemitism within the U.S.