<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4XLREJ_0vbLo8xn00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4XLREJ_0vbLo8xn00" width="2000" height="1333" ><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://nypost.com/nyp-video-player/embed/?placement&amp;playlisttagfilter&amp;playlisttype=dynamic&amp;wpplaylistexclude&amp;align&amp;media&amp;width=100&amp;player=SPdDOYds&amp;platform=jw-player&amp;playlist=W5xXwQyA&amp;aspectratio=16:9&amp;template_path&amp;context=newsbreak" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div> Harvard’s fighting antisemitism — one dropkick at a time. A Jewish group at the Ivy League school got a lesson from UFC bruiser Natan Levy on how to battle hateful bullies — after the campus was hit with <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/28/us-news/harvard-protesters-replace-usa-flag-with-palestinian-one-as-anti-israel-protests-ramp-up-across-the-country/" rel="nofollow"> a wave of anti-Semitism </a> , according to a report. “There’s a perception that Jews are physically weak. We need strong Jews,” Harvard Chabad President Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi told <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/9/12/chabad-mma-self-defense/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> the Crimson </a> . <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=06MhFl_0vbLo8xn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=06MhFl_0vbLo8xn00" width="2000" height="1333" ><figcaption>Levy taught Harvard’s Chabad group self-defense moves including rear kicks, jab crosses, and wrist grabs. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images </figcaption></figure><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/18/opinion/wikipedias-un-reliable-sources-trump-got-crime-trend-correct-and-other-commentary/" rel="nofollow"> Wikipedia’s un-‘reliable’ sources, Trump got crime trend correct and other commentary </a><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=20BIq2_0vbLo8xn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=20BIq2_0vbLo8xn00" width="1322" height="881" ><figcaption>Israeli UFC fighter Natan Levy taught Jewish students at Harvard University self defense amid a rise in antisemitism on college campuses. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images </figcaption></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The hulking Israeli fighter — who boasts the nickname “Lethal” for his cut-throat mixed martial arts smackdowns — taught the college’s Chabad group a series of rear kicks, jab crosses, and wrist grabs during a self-defense class last week. <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/17/opinion/kathy-hochul-dishes-on-andrew-cuomo-kamala-harris-and-the-rise-of-antisemitism/" rel="nofollow"> Kathy Hochul dishes on Andrew Cuomo, Kamala Harris and the rise of antisemitism </a><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3NXjSg_0vbLo8xn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3NXjSg_0vbLo8xn00" width="1392" height="928" ><figcaption>An anti-Israel protest on Harvard’s campus on Oct. 14, 2023. Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images </figcaption></figure> “[I] teach people to stand strong, to show confidence, to be proud of who they are, to never be ashamed of who they are and where they came from,”&nbsp;the 32-year-old fighter told the student paper. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> His school of hard knocks was also celebration of religious pride, he said. “The main goal is to make everybody feel safe,” he said. “We want, again, everybody to be confident in their skin.” <a href="https://email.nypost.com/morning-report/?c=fmu5i4jfoewqjfci" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR MORNING REPORT NEWSLETTER </a><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1jQWht_0vbLo8xn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1jQWht_0vbLo8xn00" width="2012" height="1341" ><figcaption>Levy said his goal was to help the students feel safe and confident. Zuffa LLC via Getty Images </figcaption></figure> Many Jewish students have reported feeling unsafe on the Harvard campus in recent&nbsp; months, including as <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/us-news/harvards-anti-israel-protest-camp-thwarted-by-sprinklers/" rel="nofollow"> anti-Israel protests </a> raged in the wake of Hamas’ <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/news/hamas-carried-how-to-cheat-sheets-for-oct-7-attack-and-maps-of-military-base-that-suggest-help-from-spies-israel/" rel="nofollow"> Oct. 7 attack. </a><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Students have also pointed to several recent antisemitic incidents, like a case in which a mezuzah was taken from&nbsp;a freshman’s doorway earlier this month and one centering on anti-Israel posters hung around the school. Levy, who has an 8-2 record in the UFC, became a poster boy for Jewish toughness last year when a white supremacist troll challenged him to a&nbsp;cage match — and he gave the hate-spewing dimwit an <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-755323#google_vignette" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> embarrassing beatdown. </a> The class he taught was part of a free six-part course known as StandStrong, which was founded in 2019 as reports of antisemitism spiked in the US. For top headlines, breaking news and more, visit <a href="https://nypost.com/" rel="nofollow"> nypost.com. </a></div></body>

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Harvard’s fighting antisemitism — one dropkick at a time.

A Jewish group at the Ivy League school got a lesson from UFC bruiser Natan Levy on how to battle hateful bullies — after the campus was hit with a wave of anti-Semitism, according to a report.

“There’s a perception that Jews are physically weak. We need strong Jews,” Harvard Chabad President Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi told the Crimson.



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The hulking Israeli fighter — who boasts the nickname “Lethal” for his cut-throat mixed martial arts smackdowns — taught the college’s Chabad group a series of...