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Kitat Kone’enut

By Joshua Andrews
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Jewish Paramilitary Training Kitat Konenut is a new, New York based, Religious-Zionist organization of committed, young Jews who are devoted to defending their Jewish communities from antisemitic and terrorist attacks. The motto of the group is “Al ta’amod al dam re’echa” – Do not stand idly by while your brother’s blood is being spilled. Kitat Konenut in Hebrew means “readiness team”. That describes the nature of the group as all members are expected to be ready to be called up in case of an emergency at all times. Many of Kitat Konenut’s members are veterans of IDF combat units.

Kitat Konenut holds training camps in the summers where they teach things like Krav maga, Kung fu, Edged weapons training, Rifle training, Pistol training, Scoped Rifle and long range shooting. They also work on Endureance marches, Overnight wilderness hikes, Masa alunkot, 10-25 Kilometers, Histaarut, prat, kita and chulia, Identification of suspicious objects and how to deal with them. Kitat Konenut has held two successful training camps so far and this summer they plan to hold their third one and largest to date, since it’s membership has increased and activities have expanded. They claim that they now have an active Kita in Los Angeles and that other cities are in the planning stages.

This year’s training camp will include several new Mefakdim (commanders) who are all veterans of IDF combat units as well as several mid-level as well as higher ranked officers to provide lessons. The training this year will include urban warfare techniques, riot control, knife fighting, pepper spray, batons and other non lethal weapons use, fighting from a vehicle, counter terror techniques, identifying and dismantling IED’s, as well as intelligence techniques.

Jewish Paramilitary Training http://www.jewishmayhem.com There will be 2 Shabbatons which will include shiurim from Rav Chayim Shimon Wharman and other visiting rabbis. There will also be a lecture by an intelligence analyst working with the FBI and NSA to track and monitor Muslim terrorist groups in the United States. There will be discussions on relevant topics such as Zionism, Yishuv Eretz Yisrael, antisemitism, terrorist threats to America, assimilation, intermarriage, kiruv, the second amendment and many other topics.

Any Jew, male or female who is over 18 years old, physically fit and mentally sound, with no criminal record is elligible. Most campers will be between ages 18 and 26, but Jews of all ages are welcome to join. This will be Kitat Konenut ‘s second coed year. Sleeping quarters will be separate but all training will be coed. As the camp is religious, but Zionist in nature, campers are expected to behave in a manner of tzniut.

The cost of camp will be $400 per person. This will include all food, accommodation, gear and ammunition. To register please contact Zerach, the Mefaked Kita at zerach@kitatkonenutnewyork.org.

For more information log on to our website at www.kitatkonenutnewyork.org

*Note. Mefakdim will be periodically filming the training sessions through out camp. This is for future reference, community relations, and advertising of the activities of the Kita as well as to compare before and after shots of the training to see how campers have improved their fighting skills. If you for any reason do not want us to use your photos for our public relations please let us know and we will digitally blot out your face from all photos before uploading them on our website, publishing them in a brochure or sending them to anyone. If for any reason you categorically refuse to have your picture taken at camp despite our respecting your wish to not advertise your picture online then please do not bother coming to camp. This has caused a disturbance in the past and we do not wish to waste our time arguing with people over which pictures of the training to take or not take.

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