(Jewish Group) 'Stuart Little' star Jonathan Lipnicki uses MMA to protect Orthodox Jews in LA
Jonathan Lipnicki, the child star best known for stealing hearts in movies such as Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little, and Like Mike has found a new passion: using mixed martial arts to prevent antisemitic attacks from taking place in Los Angeles.
The 31-year-old began training in MMA when he was a teenager, eventually working his way to a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2020. Then, following an incident where a group of Jewish men were attacked outside an LA restaurant last year, Lipnicki and his fellow actor Remy Franklin set up makeshift stations outside synagogues to make sure worshippers could get to and from the temple safely.
“There have been a lot of anti-Semitic hate crimes and violence towards Jews,” Lipnicki told TMZ. “[Remy] started this group where we decided to make sure people got home and to the synagogue safely.
“A lot of us are martial artists or own martial arts gyms and not all of us are Jewish. It’s just people wanting to help other people. Everyone should have the right to worship without being discriminated against.”
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