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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]
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.
Updated July 31, 2024 at 9:17 PM. AMBLER, Pa. — In the weeks following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s message to young Americans protesting the Israeli counteroffensive ...
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.
New antisemitism is a new form of antisemitism developed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, typically manifesting itself as anti-Zionism. [ 1]: 296–297 The concept is included in some definitions of antisemitism, such as the working definition of antisemitism and the 3D test of antisemitism. The concept dates to the early 1970s.
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]
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 ...
Progressive and pro-Palestinian segments of the political left have criticized Shapiro over his stance on Israel as well as his response to pro-Palestinian protests following the Oct. 7 attacks on ...