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  • IDF Vets Train U.S. Jews to Protect Their Communities

    07/28/2009 11:25:02 AM PDT · by FlorianG · 35 replies · 1,479+ views
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 7/23/09 | Maayana Miskin
    (IsraelNN.com) Starting in late July, a group of Israeli combat veterans will be holding a training camp in New York to teach advanced self-defense techniques to Jews in U.S. communities. An increasing number of American Jews have expressed interest in the program following a wave of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide over the past year, organizers report. The group calls itself Kitat Konenut New York – a reference to the “rapid response teams” active throughout Judea and Samaria. Rapid response teams in Israel, comprised of local civilians who are IDF veterans, have often been the first on the scene of terrorist attacks...