Mor Shapiro is best known as the wife of Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, media host, columnist, and author. Ben’s wife, Mor is an Israeli and a medical doctor in Woodland Hills, California.
She and her spouse, Ben have been together since the late 2000s and the couple is also parents to three kids. Ben might not need any introduction among the general audience for his unfiltered take on whatever goes on in the political as well as pop culture front. On the other hand, his wife, Mor is quite private; she nonetheless is a person with some strong credentials.
So down lies the pointers that make Mor worth noticing. The headers will also include her relationship with Ben; how they met to what they’re up to now. Along the way, also have a look at Mrs. Shapiro’s early life, family, and much more.
Mor Shapiro Is An Israeli Born And An Orthodox Jewish
Mor Shapiro was born Mor Toledaro in 1988 in Herzliya, Israel, to a Jewish Moroccan family.
Her family immigrated to California when she was just 12 years old. The raven-haired’s parents raised her devoutly Jewish and to this day she is a strict orthodox Jew.
From a young age, Mor was interested in music. And that desire led her to learn piano and violin in addition to taking a vocal class during her early days. She allegedly also has a beautiful voice and was also a member of an acapella group in The David Geffen School.
Mor attended high school at Shar’arei Mishpat College. She later studied psychobiology at UCLA. Following that, Mor joined the David Geffen School of Medicine where she acquired her MD in 2015. While doing her MD, she also worked as an instructor of clinical skills.
Though she is no longer a pupil, Mor, as per some reports, is still continuing her research on developmental neuroscience at UCLA.
A classmate of Mor Shapiro used to bully Mor for her height and appearance.
What Specifically Mor Shapiro Does For Living?
Mrs. Shapiro works for women’s health and brings awareness against the women-essential disease. In addition, she is a resident doctor at Kaiser Woodland Hills. She furthermore is a co-founder of the Ethics Symposium which is based at the David Geffen School of Medicine.
In the past, Ben’s spouse was part of the Department of Family Medicine at the Foundation Hospital in Fontana and the University of California. She was additionally a Sunday school teacher at the University Synagogue, teaching Hebrew and Judaica.
Ben Shapiro’ spouse also has specialized certification as a Physician and was a member of two-year-long research based on developmental neuroscience. What’s more, she is a constant and compassionate promoter of bioethics.
The High Profile Career Of Mor’s Husband, Ben Shapiro
Aforesaid, Mor’s husband, Ben Shapiro is a famous conservative political commentator, media host, columnist, and author who is widely recognizable across America. He kicked off his this career by becoming the youngest federal columnist at the age of 17 in the United States.
Ben was born as Benjamin Aaron Shapiro to David Shapiro on January 15, 1984, in Los Angeles, California. He was born to a conservative Jewish family of Russian-Jewish and Lithuanian-Jewish ancestry.
He finished his graduation with a BA (Bachelor of Art) at the University of California in Los Angeles and later on joined Harvard University and completed his JD ( Juris Doctor degree).
Shapiro then worked at the law offices of Goodwin Procter. Moreover, he also ran an independent legal consultancy firm, Benjamin Shapiro Legal Consulting, in Los Angeles in March 2012.
Shapiro used to speak at college Campuses across the United States. Between early 2016 and late 2017, he spoke at 37 campuses. In his speeches, he often presented a conservative viewpoint on controversial subjects.
In the meantime, he also wrote eleven books; his first was Brainwashed and in 2011, HarperCollins published Shapiro’s fourth book, Primetime Propaganda. In 2013, Threshold Editions published Shapiro’s fifth book, Bullies. In 2017, he published True Allegiance. Shapiro published the book The Right Side of History in 2019. Likewise In 2021, the Harvard graduate released yet another of his writing, The Authoritarian Moment.
Ben now hosts The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show.
How Mor Shapiro Met Her Husband Ben Shapiro?
While it is unclear when exactly Mor and Ben met each other, the longtime couple got to know each other through Ben’s sister, Abigail. The year allegedly was 2007.
Abigail was an opera singer and her brother and his future wife, Mor met on one of her shows. The women’s health expert at the time was still a student at UCLA.
After being in a relationship for three months the duo decided to get engaged on December 22, 2007. They would marry the following year in 2008.
The duo obviously had their wedding ceremony as per Jewish traditions like crushing a glass and such.
As mentioned, Mor has always been a highly religious woman who grew up following Jewish Faith. In fact, she reportedly never dated any man outside of her religion.
The medical professional and Ben have been together for 15 years and they are also parents to three children, two daughters, and a son. They had their first, Leeya Eliana in 2014. Two years later, the couple gave birth to a son in 2016. And in March 2020 they welcomed their third and second daughter.
Mor And Ben’s First Daughter Was Born With A Congenital Heart Disease
Ben and her wife had their first child, Leeya Eliana Shapiro after 7 years of their marriage. They were happy to have a first child but soon their happiness turned into sorrow when the couple came to know their daughter was born with heart disease. Fortunately, their daughter’s surgery for Astral Septal Defect was successful and the joy came back to the Shapiro family again.
Mor and her political commentator husband also named their daughter while she was sick and undergoing surgery. Apparently, her first name Leeya means “I belong to god” in Hebrew and her middle name Eliana means “My god has answered me.”
According to her father, her first name is about her relationship with God, and Eliana is about how thankful her parents were for her.
One More Trying Times In The Shapiro Family; Death Threats
Back in 2019, Ben and his wife Mor decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee selling their LA home for under $2.9 million. They later however relocated to South Florida.
It had become very difficult for them to live a normal life in LA as they frequently received death threats from a man in Washington. The man was arrested by the FBI the same year.
Mor Shapiro and The Wap Controversy
Although Mor hasn’t had any known controversy for all the years she’s been the wife of Ben, her affiliation with such a big name has dragged her to some or two public heat-ups.
It was back in 2020 when her children’s father made some controversial remarks on Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s billboard-smashing hit song, WAP. During his show, the author/commentator called out both singers for obscene lyrics. This consequently brought criticism from several women across the internet.
Mor got involved in all these following Ben’s tweet that said that the women depicted in the song lyrics are diagnosed “bacterial vaginosis”. A lot of people on the internet asked for Mor’s take on all these but she has remained uninterested in answering to date.
Is She On Social Media?
The mother of three does have an Instagram account but she apparently has set it to private mode. Mor only has a handful of posts and is said to be quite inactive on them or with her social media handles. She nonetheless has over six hundred followers on her IG.
On the other hand, her husband, Ben is quite rampant in such spaces especially on Twitter for his take on hot political issues. He has close to 5 million subs on Youtube, a little over 3 million followers on Instagram, and just around 4.5 million on Twitter.
How Rich Is Ben’s Wife Mor Shapiro?
While Ben for all the attention he has received in recent years is definitely a rich figure, the wealth approximation of his wife, Mor is purely a matter of guesswork.
Whatever the case, since she is a medical practitioner and psychologist, it shouldn’t be much of a far-fetched statement in saying that she at least has some hundreds of thousands of dollars to her own net worth. This seems especially plausible supposing the doctor of her credentials easily rakes in anywhere from $200,000 to $300,000 a year.
