Fitness enthusiasts volunteer to escort LA Jews to Shabbat services

• Author: Ron Kampeas/JTA
• Published date: 26 May 2021
• Date: 26 May 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Franklin on Saturday while he was greeting congregants at an Orthodox synagogue and asking them if they wanted a walk home. Franklin, a jiujitsu practitioner who according to the Forward is coordinating his volunteer effort with Magen Am, a security service for the Jewish community, told the Times a lot of friends signed up.

He said his effort has recruited Jews and non-Jews, including practitioners of jiujitsu, boxing and mixed martial arts.

"We have ladies who are former dancers and gymnasts," he told the Times.

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