David Brog is often considered a protege of American philanthropists Miriam and Sheldon Adelson.
18 Facts About David Brog
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In July 2015, David Brog was tapped to head a new group called Maccabee Task Force, an entity formed by the Adelsons and fellow philanthropist Haim Saban to combat Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activities on college campuses.
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David Brog was seen as a surprising choice due to his position far from the mainstream within pro-Israel position, according to a Jewish organizational official speaking to The Forward in 2015.
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David Brog co-founded the Edmund Burke Foundation with Yoram Hazony.
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David Brog helped found Christians United For Israel, an American pro-Israel Christian organization.
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David Brog said in 2015 that his first task upon joining CUFI was to tap into existing bases of Christian Zionist support.
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David Brog brought CUFI into the lobbying effort to pass the bill, bringing evangelical groups on board long before Jewish groups entered the arena, according to Gerber.
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In 2022, David Brog ran for Republican Congressional nominee in Nevada's 1st congressional district.
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David Brog's campaign spent $59k on mail advertisements and $88.5k on "media placements".
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David Brog described "securing our Southern border and finishing Trump's border wall" as among his top priorities.
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David Brog was born in Margate City, New Jersey, a community near Atlantic City.
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David Brog's parents were largely secular, his father Eugene attending synagogue only for the high holidays.
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David Brog's Zionism was fostered after reading The Revolt by Menachem Begin while a student at Atlantic City High School.
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David Brog is a cousin of former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak, whose original surname was "Brog" until he Hebraized it to Barak in 1972.
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David Brog occasionally attends his local Orthodox synagogues, Young Israel Aish HaTorah and Chabad.
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In 2014, David Brog expressed concern in Middle East Quarterly that traditional reflexive American evangelical Christian support for Israel was waning.
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David Brog's Standing With Israel is an attempt to establish Christian Zionists as both allies to the Jewish people and not motivated by replacement theology.
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David Brog poses modern Zionist evangelicals as the heirs to the righteous gentiles of World War II.