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Shapiro was born on January 15, 1984,[1]in Los Angeles, California, to a Conservative Jewishfamily. He is Ashkenazi Jewish. [2][3][4][5]When he was 9 years old, his family began to observe Orthodox Judaism.[5] He started playing violin at a young age[6]and performed at the Israel BondsBanquet in 1996 at age 12.[7]
(4:27) Ben Shapiro’s comments (12:50) The emotional response to news out of Israel ... Her comments were taken to be referencing the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel in the Middle East ...
Haredim and Zionism. From the founding of political Zionism in the 1890s, Haredi Jewish leaders voiced objections to its secular orientation, and before the establishment of the State of Israel, the vast majority of Haredi Jews were opposed to Zionism, like early Reform Judaism, but with distinct reasoning. [1]
Shapiro's history of support for Israel received renewed attention due to his prominence as a potential vice-presidential pick in 2024. [153] Shapiro's supporters allege that his critics unfairly scrutinized his position on the conflict due to his Jewish identity. [154]
Ben Shapiro speaks to the audience about the Israel-Hamas war wearing a yamaka at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.
Following the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent pro-Palestinian protests in the U.S., Shapiro became one of the most prominent political voices to speak out against the rise in antisemitism.
Neoconservatism and paleoconservatism are two major branches of the American conservative political movement. Representatives of each faction often argue that the other does not represent true conservatism. Disputed issues include immigration, trade, the United States Constitution, taxation, budget, business, the Federal Reserve, drug policy ...
Benny Morris ( Hebrew: בני מוריס; born 8 December 1948) [1] is an Israeli historian. He was a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel. Morris was initially associated with the group of Israeli historians known as the "New Historians", a term he ...