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Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, a senior contributor for The Federalist, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to many other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, which are available on all major audio platforms and YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won more than 60 awards for commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.

While leading the ADL for three decades, he epitomized many of the best things about the community he defended. But Jewish liberalism’s failures cloud his legacy.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Jonah Platt, Ep. 221
The red-green alliance of Marxists and Islamists is fueling hatred for Jews and Israel among young people, while giving Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly a new audience.
Mainstream support for Senate candidates like Graham Platner and Abdul El-Sayed reflects both panic about Trump and the acceptance of antisemitism.
Attempts to separate the movement to accomplish the genocide of half the world’s Jews in Israel from attacks on them elsewhere have zero credibility.
Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Jonathan Brent, Ep. 220
The growing distaste for the Jewish state isn’t the fault of Netanyahu or Israeli behavior. It’s driven by forces seeking the destruction of the West and beyond the control of Jerusalem.
The latest attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump demonstrates anew that, like the toleration of antisemitism, the demonization of opponents leads to the unthinkable.
The late congressman demonstrated how to be a passionate Zionist and an ardent liberal Democrat—something that is no longer possible.
The indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center for funding extremism like the 2017 Charlottesville neo-Nazi rally discredits liberal hysteria about race, immigration and Islamophobia.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Michael Doran, Ep. 219