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David Benkof

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Instructor, FREE weekly online Broadway classes. Creator, The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast and YouTube channel. TheBroadwayMaven.com

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David Benkof is a columnist for the Daily Caller and a frequent contributor to the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. A conservative Republican, his interests include American politics, Jewish affairs, LGBT issues, education, and musical theater. He is a trivia buff (1998 winner of Ben Stein's Money), crossword constructor (three in The New York Times and counting), entrepreneurial philanthropist, polyglot (fluent in English, Hebrew, French, and German), and theater buff. He recently discussed his …

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Better A Democrat Than A Dictator - Vote For Hillary

Better A Democrat Than A Dictator - Vote For Hillary

Article (Refrain: "Don't say I didn't warn you") that predicted the day before the election Trump's autocrati…

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Nobody is 'born that way,' gay historians say

Nobody is 'born that way,' gay historians say

Important, clear, patient explanation of the subtle and counterintuitive case that the study of homosexuality…

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Stop Calling Mike Pence Homophobic

Stop Calling Mike Pence Homophobic

A thorough debunking of the evidence-less, outrageous accusations that Vice President Pence supports governme…

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Twitter Should Ban Trump For Life

Twitter Should Ban Trump For Life

Highly controversial column that suggested the best way to slow President Trump's reckless use of social medi…

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Here's The Proof Millions Didn't Vote Illegally

Here's The Proof Millions Didn't Vote Illegally

Widely Tweeted column - including by New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman - that carefull…

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Anti-Semitism At Amazon Is The Real Scandal

Anti-Semitism At Amazon Is The Real Scandal

Debunks Steve Bannon's reputation as an Jew-hater by showing that Amazon.com has far more extreme anti-Semiti…

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MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast

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By David Benkof 
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Broadway crossword is now a quarterly feature Join music educator Mateo Chavez Lewis Monday, June 1 for two FREE classes on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit, Tony-winning musical Hamilton. These hour-long classes are offered at Noon and 7 pm ET, and your registration means you can come to both! How musically intricate is the score? How many motifs does Miranda layer together? Was there any music Miranda had to burn?
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MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast

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By David Benkof 
| Substack
Join music educator Mateo Chavez Lewis Monday, June 1 for two FREE classes on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit, Tony-winning musical Hamilton. These hour-long classes are offered at Noon and 7 pm ET, and your registration means you can come to both! How musically intricate is the score? How many motifs does Miranda layer together? Was there any music Miranda had to burn?
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MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast

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By David Benkof 
| Substack
Join music educator Mateo Chavez Lewis for two FREE classes on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit, Tony-winning musical Hamilton. These hour-long classes are offered at Noon and 7 pm ET, and your registration means you can come to both! How musically intricate is the score? How many motifs does Miranda layer together? Was there any music Miranda had to burn?
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Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Wrote op-eds for Panorama at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, Missouri

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

"A Democrat, Not A Dictator: Vote For Hillary"

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