George Soros’ $30M pledge to fight antisemitism ripped amid claim he spurred surge: Definition of the word ‘chutzpah’

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · May 23, 2026 · 320 words · By Rich Calder

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George Soros’ $30M pledge to fight antisemitism ripped amid claim he spurred surge: Definition of the word ‘chutzpah’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

George Soros’ $30M pledge to fight antisemitism ripped amid claim he spurred surge: Definition of the word ‘chutzpah’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleGeorge Soros boasted he’s giving $30 million to groups fighting antisemitism and other bigotry, but critics say the far-left billionaire is largely response for the hate surge because of the radical anti-Israel causes he…

Common ground

Alex Soros, who oversees Open Society Foundations on behalf of his 95-year-old billionaire father, insisted in a May 13 video that the powerful grant-making network’s new funding initiative will go towards fighting antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate over the…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Transfer: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence

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Transfer 70% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “insisted in a May 13 video that the powerful grant-making network’s new funding initiative will go towards fighting antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate over the next three years”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of generic video search results (Amazon, Google, TikTok) and general Wikipedia bios. There is no specific evidence provided in the search results confirming a May 13 video or the specific three-year funding initiative.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Soros (born October 27, 1985) is an American investor and philanthropist. One of the five children of billionaire George Soros, he chairs the Board of Directors of the Open Society Foundatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Soros

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Soros (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian and American investor and philanthropist. As of May 2025, he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hungarian-American billionaire businessman George Soros is the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. Veronika Bondarenko, writing for Business Insider, said: "For two decades, some have seen Soros …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros_conspiracy_theori…

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Claim 2: “President Donald Trump also singled out George Soros in September when he ordered the FBI to crack down on what he called “left-wing terrorism””

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The Guardian and Verity both report that Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing the FBI to investigate 'left-wing terrorism'. While the specific mention of George Soros in that exact order is not explicitly quoted in the snippets, the action of targeting 'left-wing terrorism' is corroborated by multiple sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — Left-wing terrorism is a form of terrorist political violence motivated by far-left ideologies,[2] committed with the aim of overthrowing current capitalist systems and replacing them with communist, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum on Thursday aimed at reining in what he has called a radical leftwing domestic “terror network” but which seemed likely to meet fierce legal pushback from…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/25/trump-presid…

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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum directing the FBI's Joint Terrorism Taskforce to lead a bevy of agencies in investigating and shutting down what he called "lef…
https://www.improvethenews.org/story/2025/trump-orders-antif…

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Claim 3: “Alex Soros, who oversees Open Society Foundations on behalf of his 95-year-old billionaire father”

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Wikipedia confirms Alexander Soros chairs the Board of Directors of the Open Society Foundations. George Soros' birth date (August 12, 1930) makes him 94/95 years old as of the current date context.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Susan Weber (born 1954) is an American historian. She is the founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for studies in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture affiliated …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Weber_(historian)

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Claim 4: “the U.S. Department of Justice last year said it is considering possible charges against Open Society Foundations”

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The web search results provided for this claim are completely irrelevant, returning definitions of the letter 'U' and the element Uranium instead of information regarding the Department of Justice.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 21, 2018 · Letter U song. This alphabet song will help your children learn letter recognition and the sign language for ...more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_thAFRgoWA

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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U

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web search NEUTRAL — In chemistry, U is the symbol for uranium. Sometimes used as a short form of "you". It is the seventh letter on the QWERTY keyboard.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U

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Claim 5: “who has shelled out more than $15 million to groups who orchestrated pro-Palestinian protests following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel”

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The claim is mentioned in a Newsbusters snippet citing a New York Post analysis. However, this is a single chain of reporting and is not corroborated by other independent news organizations in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Eli Birnbaum (born 1970) is an American-Israeli political, public relations and crisis communications consultant. He was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He worke…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Birnbaum

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Project Esther is a project of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., that aims to suppress pro-Palestinian protests and what it classifies as antisemitism. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Esther

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire is a non-fiction book by Michael T. Kaufman released by Random House in 2002, that illuminates the early life, education, work, and controversial p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soros:_The_Life_and_Times_of_a…

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Claim 6: “his father — a Hungarian-born Jew and a Holocaust survivor”

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Multiple authoritative sources, including Wikipedia and Al Jazeera, confirm George Soros was born in Budapest to a Jewish family and survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tivadar Soros (Esperanto: Teodoro Ŝvarc; born Theodor Schwartz; 7 April 1893 – 22 February 1968) was a Hungarian lawyer, author and editor. He is best known for being the father of billionaire George …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivadar_Soros

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Claim 7: “George Soros boasted he’s giving $30 million to groups fighting antisemitism and other bigotry”

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The provided evidence contains a Newsbusters snippet mentioning a 'New York Post analysis' regarding the $30 million pledge, but there are no other independent sources in the evidence provided to corroborate the specific amount or the 'boasting' aspect.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Daniel Soros (born 1963) is an American investor and the founder of Soros Capital Management. The eldest son of billionaire investor George Soros, he was the deputy chairman and president of hi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Soros

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