Cap-wearers
Cap-wearers
Haredi brothers literally flip out
Miki and Yehuda Hayat have brought Capoeira to Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community
Miki and Yehuda Hayat have brought Capoiera to Israel’s haredi Orthodox community (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Modern Orthodox Jews who become more observant after a post-high school year in Israeli yeshivas are often said to be “flipping out.”
But Israeli brothers Miki and Yehuda Hayat literally flip, along with performing a variety of other gravity-defying acrobatic moves, when they do Capoeira, the Brazilian martial art that includes dance and music.
Indeed, it’s fitting that Capoeira is pronounced “cap-wearer” since the two — who are haredi Orthodox and teach almost 200 students in Bnei Brak — manage to keep their kipot on their heads even when upside down.
We’d like to see them try it while wearing shtreimels.
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