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PragerU’s Jewish Founders and Their Judeo-Christian Mission.
Dennis Prager, Allen Estrin, and Marissa Streit—are all Jewish individuals, though the PragerU organization’s broader donor base and board include non-Jewish conservatives, and its mission emphasizes Judeo-Christian values, and Jewish values.
Dennis Prager, born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, has built a career blending Jewish identity with broader conservative and Judeo-Christian principles, emphasizing traditional values, free markets, and strong support for Israel, though he frames his work as inclusive of Christian and secular conservative audiences. Allen Estrin, also Jewish, serves as a creative and strategic partner, co-writing many of PragerU’s early materials and shaping its educational content, which often defends Western civilization and critiques progressive ideologies. Marissa Streit, who is Jewish as well, has been instrumental in expanding PragerU’s digital reach, transforming it into a multimedia platform with millions of followers, focusing on short, accessible videos that align with the organization’s mission of promoting conservative ideas rooted in Judeo-Christian ethics.
While Prager, Estrin, and Streit share a Jewish background, PragerU’s broader ecosystem—its board, donors, and contributors—includes many non-Jewish conservatives, such as evangelical Christian donors like Farris and Dan Wilks, who have provided significant funding. The organization’s mission explicitly centers on “Judeo-Christian values,” a term Prager frequently uses to describe shared moral foundations between Judaism and Christianity, such as individual responsibility, limited government, and traditional family structures, rather than promoting exclusively Jewish interests or religious practices. This is reflected in its content, which appeals to a wide conservative audience, including Christians and secular right-leaning viewers, and avoids sectarian Jewish themes in favor of broader cultural and political issues, like free speech, economic freedom, and strong support for Israel as a Western ally. For example, PragerU’s videos often Ben Shapiro (who is Jewish but appeals to a broad audience) and Candace Owens (a Christian), reinforcing its inclusive conservative identity.
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