Two Teaneck Fourth Graders Become Taekwondo Black Belts By Shira Kosowsky | April 29, 2021
On Sunday, April 11, Seth Lazar and Akiva Lewitan, two fourth-grade boys from Teaneck, received black belts in taekwondo. The two friends have been taking taekwondo classes at American Korean Tae Kwon Do on Teaneck Road with Master James Koh since July 2017.
Seth and Akiva have been friends since they were in preschool, even though they attend different schools; Seth goes to Yavneh Academy and Akiva goes to Yeshivat Noam. The Lazars and Lewitans first became friends when they kept running into each other at preschool open houses, and both families also daven at Congregation Beth Aaron. When Laura Lazar was considering signing Seth up for taekwondo, she called Brooke Lewitan and asked if Akiva would like to do it with him. At that time, Master James had just taken over the dojo and was offering a two-week trial to encourage new students. Akiva and Seth went for
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