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Dennis Prager

Dennis Prager speaking at the California Capitol Building, 2008
Born (1948-08-02) August 2, 1948 (age 63)
USA
Occupation Radio host, political commentator, author, and television personality
Religion Jewish
Children 1 Grandchild (announced 9/15/2010)

Dennis Prager (born August 2, 1948) is an American syndicated radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, and public speaker. He is noted for his conservative political and social views emanating from conservative Judeo-Christian values. He holds that there is an "American Trinity" of essential principles, which he lists as E Pluribus Unum, In God We Trust, and Liberty.

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Biography

Dennis Prager was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Rambam, a Jewish day school and Yeshiva of Flatbush, where he met his future co-author Joseph Telushkin. He majored in Middle Eastern Studies and History at Brooklyn College, graduating in 1970. He went on to study at the Russian Institute (now Harriman Institute) at Columbia University.1He speaks several foreign languages, including Russian and Hebrew.2He taught Jewish and Russian History at Brooklyn College, and was a Fellow at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, where he did his graduate work at the Russian Institute (now the Harriman Institute) and Middle East Institute from 1970-1972. He is a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is also the founder of Prager University, a virtual university aimed at educating people through five-minute videos on conservative political and social views.

Views and opinions

Prager states that the U.S. is engaged in a "second non-violent civil war" "culture war" over the fundamental moral values on which he believes American society was built. Prager argues that many influential American institutions (including universities, trial lawyers, labor unions, the American Civil Liberties Union, civil rights groups, and most large newspapers and television networks) are dominated by "secular leftists," who, he says, attack and misrepresent Judeo-Christian values and their positive historical effect upon America and the world.3 In 2005, 24 of his columns were devoted to explaining those values and how he believes they make the United States special.4

In 2006, he accused Congressman Keith Ellison, a Muslim, of taking the oath of office in a photo-op reenactment of the actual oath with the Islamic Quran. Prager stated that America was "imperiled" by this. Tucker Carlson criticized this, stating: "I'm no great defender of the Koran but I'm not sure why America is imperiled by Keith Ellison's taking the oath on it. 5The Anti- Defamation League wrote that Prager's position was intolerant, misinformed and un-American.

Published works

Prager's columns are handled by Creators Syndicate.6 He wrote for the Sunday Los Angeles Times "Current" section, and writes a weekly column published in newspapers such as the Washington Examiner and online at Townhall.com,7 National Review Online, Jewish World Review and elsewhere. He also writes a bi-weekly column for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.

He is also the author of five books:

See also

References

  1. ^ Maxprager.com
  2. ^ The reason why Christians don't help Christians
  3. ^ Moral absolutes: Judeo-Christian values: Part XI - Dennis Prager - Townhall Conservative Columnists - Page 1
  4. ^ Town Hall.com/columns
  5. ^ 'Tucker' for Dec. 4
  6. ^ Prager page on Creators.com
  7. ^ Breaking News and Conservative Opinion on Politics - Townhall

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