Julia Gorin
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Julia Gorin is an American
United States
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 conservative
Conservatism
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 writer, humorist, and political commentator.

Born into a Jewish family in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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, she immigrated as a toddler to the United States
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 with her family in 1976. Her father was a violin
Violin
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ist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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. She wrote the satirical 2008 book, Clintonisms: The Amusing, Confusing, and Even Suspect Musing, of Billary (ISBN 0978721330).

Writings & affiliations

She is a contributing editor to Jewish World Review
Jewish World Review
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and has contributed articles to National Review
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, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
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,
FrontPage Magazine, Jihad Watch
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,
The Huffington Post
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, The American Thinker
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, The Christian Science Monitor
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,
WorldNetDaily
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and FoxNews.com.

Gorin is an unpaid member of the Advisory Board of the American Council for Kosovo (a lobbying group); she frequently writes about Kosovo
Kosovo
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and opposes Kosovo independence.

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