Vivian Hunt, an ex-McKinsey consultant who has argued meritocracy ‘isn’t good enough,’ will serve as president of the Harvard Board of Overseers Vivian Hunt (John Phillips/Getty Images) Harvard University on Monday tapped an ex-McKinsey consultant who has criticized meritocracy and published controversial research on the benefits of diversity in business to help select the university’s
Columbia found to have highest number of incidents among schools tracked Anti-Israel protest at Columbia (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses spiked 320 percent last year, with more than three-fourths of them in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents
Osama Siblani serves as a ‘sounding board’ for Team Biden, according to AP Osama Siblani at the White House (Osama Siblani/Facebook). The White House this month sought advice from Arab-American activist Osama Siblani regarding President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, ignoring Jewish groups’ concerns about Siblani’s history of anti-Israel rhetoric and his praise
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday killed another Hezbollah commander, striking a blow to the Iran-backed terrorist group as the Jewish state weighs its response to Iran’s Saturday missile attack, according to the Jerusalem Post. The IDF on Tuesday said it had killed Ismail Yusef Baz, who served in the Lebanese terrorist group for decades
Rep. David Trone (D., Md.) made history Tuesday, becoming the largest self-funder in Senate primary history. Trone, the co-owner of the multibillion-dollar liquor chain Total Wine & More, has loaned $41.7 million to his campaign for Maryland’s open Senate seat since launching his run in March 2023, Federal Election Commission filings show. The Maryland Democrat’s
Hill Harper says Jewish representative Elissa Slotkin pandering for campaign ‘checks’ Hill Harper and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (Jemal Countess & Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan said his Jewish opponent’s support for Israel is driven by donor money, in an interview on Monday. Hill Harper, a politician and actor known for his
Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend missile strike on the country even if it must do so without backing from the Biden administration, an Israeli lawmaker told the Washington Free Beacon in a wide-ranging interview Monday. Ohad Tal, a conservative Israeli Knesset member who serves on its security and foreign affairs committee, said Israel has