Elad is currently the managing editor at Campus Reform. He was born in Israel to a family of Romanian immigrants who came from Communist Romania. Elad moved to the United States when he was 14. He has previously worked as a speechwriter for Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana). He has a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Penn State University. His writings have appeared in The American Conservative, The Federalist, The American Spectator, The Washington Examiner, and other publications.