Joel Barry Pollak was born on 25 April 1977 and is a South African-American conservative political commentator, writer, and attorney.
14 Facts About Joel Pollak
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Joel Pollak currently serves as the senior-editor-at-large for Breitbart News.
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Joel Pollak's parents moved to the United States in 1977, and became United States citizen in 1987.
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Joel Pollak grew up in the Chicago suburbs, principally in Skokie.
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Joel Pollak attended Solomon Schechter Day School and Niles North High School, where he was the class valedictorian in 1995.
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Joel Pollak earned a master's degree in Jewish Studies from the University of Cape Town in 2006.
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Joel Pollak married Julia Inge Pollak in December 2009.
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Joel Pollak is a black South African who is said to have converted to Judaism.
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Joel Pollak was politically liberal in his early life, being active in groups which he later described as "the forebears of today's ANTIFA or Occupy movement".
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In 2010, Joel Pollak was the Republican nominee for US Congress from Illinois's 9th congressional district, challenging incumbent Democrat Jan Schakowsky, whom he had voted for while still a Democrat.
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Joel Pollak was endorsed by the Chicago Tea Party, and referred to himself as a Tea Party Republican.
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Joel Pollak posted a lengthy article to the website questioning Fields's account of the incident.
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Joel Pollak co-authored How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution with Larry Schweikart in 2017.
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In 2020, Joel Pollak published Red November: Will the Country Vote Red for Trump or Red for Socialism.