Mollie Tibbetts. Wendy Martinez. Karina Vetrano. These names remind us of the risks of running blissfully alone, something that many runners—especially women—now feel uncomfortable doing. Runner and ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Last year, as antisemitism spiked in New York City after Oct. 7, occupational therapist Ruth Peer began to hear about troubling incidents from the Jewish children she works ...

On a typical Tuesday night, when most of my friends are headed to Spin or yoga class, I put on a groin guard and grappling gloves to get punched, kicked, and choked — voluntarily. This might sound ...

GYMS IN ISRAEL that teach krav maga, an Israeli martial art, have seen enrolment soar following Hamas’s terror attacks on October 7th. Training in krav maga is up ...

Getting pummeled by three men with kicks, punches and jabs is not how I typically spend my vacation. Yet there I was on Military Base 8 defending myself from a trio of Israeli attackers. But my ...

Krav Maga: It's the official hand-to-hand combat style of the Israeli Defense Forces, but it's also gaining momentum Stateside as a great workout combining cardio, strength-training, and ...

While packing my workout bag for an introductory Krav Maga class at Krav Maga DC Monday night, I clicked on the promotional video on the gym’s website to find out what I was in for. What I was in for, ...

Krav Maga is a practical approach to self-defense designed by the Israeli Defense Forces and now utilized by special forces and law enforcement around the world; learned by survival-minded civilians; ...

The national focus on alcohol-fuelled violence has seen a surge of interest in self-defence, including a controversial program used by the Israeli army called krav maga. Proponents say krav maga, ...

It’s a pleasure to write about Jonathan Rosen’s fine new “Joy Comes in the Morning,” because it was Rosen, then editor of the Arts & Letters section of the Forward, who hired me to write this column ...