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UFC's Natan Levy teaches Jewish Harvard students how to fight anti-Semites

Harvard is fighting anti-Semitism – one dropkick at a time.

A Jewish group at an elite university received a lesson in fighting hateful bullies from UFC rowdy Natan Levy – after the campus was hit by a wave of anti-Semitism, a report says.

“There is a perception that Jews are physically weak. We need strong Jews,” Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi, president of Harvard Chabad, told Crimson.

Levy taught Harvard's Chabad group self-defense techniques, including back kicks, jab crosses and wrist holds. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Israeli UFC fighter Natan Levy taught self-defense to Jewish students at Harvard University as anti-Semitism was rising on campus. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

The hulking Israeli fighter, nicknamed “Lethal” for his merciless mixed martial arts strikes, taught the college's Chabad group a series of back kicks, jab crosses and wrist holds as part of a self-defense class last week.

An anti-Israel protest on the Harvard campus on October 14, 2023. Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images

“[I] “Teach people to stay strong, to have confidence, to be proud of who they are and never to be ashamed of who they are and where they come from,” the 32-year-old fighter told the student newspaper.

His school of life was also a celebration of religious pride, he said.

“The main goal is for everyone to feel safe,” he said. “We want everyone to feel comfortable in their own skin.”

Levy said his goal is to help students feel safe and confident. Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Many Jewish students reported feeling unsafe on Harvard's campus in recent months, particularly in light of the violent anti-Israel protests following the October 7 Hamas attacks.

Students have also pointed out several recent anti-Semitic incidents. For example, earlier this month a freshman had his mezuzah stolen from his door and in another incident anti-Israel posters were hung throughout the school.

Levy, who has an 8-2 record in the UFC, became a poster child for Jewish toughness last year when a white supremacist troll challenged him to a cage fight – and he delivered an embarrassing beating to the hateful moron.

The course he taught was part of a free six-part course called StandStrong, launched in 2019 as reports of anti-Semitism skyrocketed in the United States.