Author Theo Baker says he feels more Jewish as a result of antisemitism at Stanford

Author Theo Baker says he feels more Jewish as a result of antisemitism at Stanford

Theo Baker describes himself as “an accidental journalist.” But at just 21, his writing has already sent shockwaves through the academic world.&nbsp; As a freshman at Stanford University in 2022, he exposed then-President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s decades-long pattern of manipulated data and research in scientific papers he co-authored or supervised, ultimately leading to his resignation. Baker,... <a href="">Read More</a>

Israel's next top security advisor

Today's Daily Kickoff explores Benjamin Netanyahu’s shrinking inner circle, shifts in evangelical support for Israel, and growing concerns over antisemitism in U.S. political spheres and higher education.

Netanyahu’s inner security circle faces transition at pivotal wartime moment

For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has relied on a small, passionately loyal inner circle of advisors — Ron Dermer foremost among them — to provide a sounding board on some of the country’s thorniest security matters. Now, with Dermer (mostly) gone, new elections looming and Israel fighting a multifront war and isolated on... <a href="">Read More</a>

Antisemitism has become ‘instrumentalized’ and ‘institutionalized’ in politics, media and more, Ted Deutch says

Ahead of the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum conference, which begins in Washington on Sunday, the group’s CEO, Ted Deutch, is reflecting on a significantly transformed landscape — in which, he said, antisemitism has become mainstream in politics and circles of power in alarming ways that seemed to leave the longtime former congressman stunned.... <a href="">Read More</a>

Adam Hamawy’s Democratic rivals, Rep. Gottheimer call for answers on his terrorist ties

Several of Adam Hamawy’s opponents in the Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District are challenging the candidate to explain his ties to Omar Abdel-Rahman, the convicted terrorist known as the Blind Sheikh, as well as his service with a charity later shuttered as a front for al-Qaida years after he volunteered.&nbsp; Rep. Josh... <a href="">Read More</a>