Hen Mazzig

Biography Mazzig is a gay Mizrahi Jew of Iraqi and Tunisian descent, whose grandparents fled after the Farhud. He started a movement in August 2020 to take over #JewishPrivilege, an antisemitic hashtag on Twitter, by encouraging Jews to tell personal stories of discrimination and abuse. Mazzig criticized a student Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions resolution passed at San Francisco State University in November 2020.

Mazzig has been a staunch defender of Israel during the Gaza war.

In August 2024, Mazzig shared a suicide note purported to have been written by a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre. Israel's Channel 13 later debunked the note as a fabrication. Mazzig subsequently deleted his post sharing the fabricated note, admitting that he had shared it because it was "soul-crushing", despite being unable to verify the author's identity.

In 2025, The Jerusalem Post included Mazzig on their list of "50 Most Influential Jews", ranked 45th in a group entry of "seven pro-Israel influencers" that also included Gal Gadot (Israeli actress and model), Arsen Ostrovsky (Israeli lawyer), Siggy Flicker (Real Housewives of New Jersey), Hillel Neuer (Executive director of UN Watch), Noa Tishby (Israeli actress and model), and (social media strategist).

Speaking Mazzig spoke to the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies in December 2020, commemorating the exodus of 850,000 Jews from Arab lands after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He was a panelist in 2020 with Arizona State Rep. Alma Hernandez, on antisemitism. He debated left-wing British commentator Owen Jones on Sky News in April 2024 regarding Israel's response to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks. CNN commentator Van Jones described Mazzig as "someone who respects opposing points of view". No legal or regulatory action was reported to have resulted from the claims.

Views and opinions Mazzig supported Black Lives Matter in 2020.