Los Angeles Rabbi Yossi Eilfort launched Magen Am, a nonprofit that trains rabbis, the Jewish community and volunteers on gun safety and self-defense.
Faced with spiking antisemitism and flaring tensions following Hamas’ attacks on Israel, Jews in Los Angeles are increasingly turning to gun ownership, self-defense classes and armed security for safety, according to a rabbi who has been training Jewish religious leaders for years. 'Growing up Orthodox, people hating Jews has been a part of my life,' Rabbi Yossi Eilfort, a former MMA fighter, told Fox News Digital in a recent phone interview.
Jews in California increasingly armed themselves and received gun safety training in 2020, according to the rabbi, who said he’s seeing another spike in training and gun ownership since the outbreak of war in Israel. 'Since that spike, this has been the biggest spike. We've been doing consistent training and keeping things going,' he said. 'In the last two weeks, we've basically told everybody, ‘We can't train you today.
said, ‘Let's not figure out a loophole. Let's just do what the government says.’ If the government says the best way to protect people, if you want to be armed to protect people in your community, is you open a security company, let's open a security company. And we just became the first nonprofit to do that,' he said. Magen AM was born.
spokesman Billy McLaughlin applauded Eilfort and Magen Am in a comment to Fox News Digital, saying 'Americans refuse to be sitting ducks and be rendered vulnerable. 'The NRA and our 125,000 firearms instructors are committed to training any law-abiding American eager to defend themselves, their communities and their loved ones.
Americans witnessed the unspeakable atrocities in Israel, where civilians were mercilessly targeted and butchered by Hamas terrorists. This serves as a wake-up call and causes many to evaluate their personal safety. They see crime decimating our nation, with district attorneys who refuse to prosecute criminals and realize when all goes wrong, we're on our own,' he said.
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