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==Background==

==Background==

Max's father, Sydney was a son of a Jewish father, his mother was Protestant Christian.Max's mother was not known to be Jewish.  

Max's father, Sydney was the son of a Jewish father, his mother was Protestant Christian. Max's mother was not known to be Jewish.<ref>Comment at ''Algemeiner'', Jun 8, 2015 — {{Cquote|From what I've researched, for the record, Max's mother Jacqueline Jordan is not Jewish. Rendering him..guess what...}}</ref>

<ref>Comment at ''Algemeiner'', Jun 8, 2015 — {{Cquote|From what I've researched, for the record, Max's mother Jacqueline Jordan is not Jewish. Rendering him..guess what...}}</ref>

 

==Career==

==Career==

In September 2013, Blumenthal reported for ''[[The Nation]]'' from the Zaatari refugee camp in [[Jordan]] on the conditions in which Syrian refugees were living.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Max|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/176158/we-just-wish-hit-put-end-massacres|title=We Just Wish for the Hit to Put an End to the Massacres|work=[[The Nation]]|date=September 13, 2013|access-date=}}</ref> He wrote of being "staunchly against US strikes, mainly because I believe they could exacerbate an already horrific situation without altering the political reality in any meaningful way". The refugees in Zaatari deserved to be heard and commented in the article: "there was not one person I spoke to in Zaatari who did not demand US military intervention at the earliest possible moment."

In September 2013, Blumenthal reported for ''[[The Nation]]'' from the Zaatari refugee camp in [[Jordan]] on the conditions in which Syrian refugees were living.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Max|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/176158/we-just-wish-hit-put-end-massacres|title=We Just Wish for the Hit to Put an End to the Massacres|work=[[The Nation]]|date=September 13, 2013|access-date=}}</ref> He wrote of being "staunchly against US strikes, mainly because I believe they could exacerbate an already horrific situation without altering the political reality in any meaningful way". The refugees in Zaatari deserved to be heard and commented in the article: "there was not one person I spoke to in Zaatari who did not demand US military intervention at the earliest possible moment."