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Shabbos Kestenbaum

Shabbos Kestenbaum is a PragerU political commentator, Harvard Divinity School alumnus, lead plaintiff in the landmark civil-rights lawsuit against Harvard University for antisemitism and a 2024 Republican National Convention speaker. He was named one of the Jerusalem Post’s 25 most influential Jewish voices of 2025.

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