Bernie Sanders’ Hollywood Jewish Problem

Despite the emergence of the first viable Jewish candidate for president, Hebrew Hollywood is on Team Hillary

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Bernie Sanders might be the only viable Jewish candidate in American presidential history, but Hollywood’s Jewish community seems to think there’s something not quite kosher about him.

As Sanders sets his sights on California, which has emerged as a must-win state in the Democratic race for the White House, he may have to brace for a wave of resistance from Jewish leaders in Hollywood who view him as anti-Israel.

“He doesn’t understand the complexities of the Middle East,” Clinton supporter and one of Hollywood’s biggest Democratic donors Haim Saban told TheWrap. “It’s been proven over and over again.”

Saban, an Israeli-American media mogul, is just one on a long list of Jewish Hollywood power players increasingly underwhelmed with the senator from Vermont, particularly when it comes to his views on Israel.

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