His family is from Rzeszow. Just like Natalie Portman.
My mother told me she was friends with his sister growing up.
That’s all I know about where he’s from. But I do know that my mother changed her thinking as she got into her 70’s. It is very possible that a NY Jew evolves on some subjects over time.
That doesn’t change their strict identification as Liberal and Jewish. It’s a tribal thing within the American system. Not intellectually consistent nor always honest. I do not like nor respect Dersh for what he did not say throughout the years of his greatest influence. Who really knows what he’s loyal to now?