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Jonathan S. Tobin

Jonathan S. Tobin

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.

Voting booths at a polling station during the American election. Credit: Shutterstock/vesperstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
What’s the greatest threat to the Jews? Iran or voter integrity laws?
The Biden administration thinks the greatest threat to U.S. security is a partisan dispute about voting laws. Why are Jewish groups agreeing rather than pressuring it to stop Iran?
Dec. 30, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
An artist's depiction of diversity. Credit: Angelina Bambina/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Why does ‘diversity’ have to lead to anti-Semitism?
Study shows that despite the anodyne job title, woke politics and intersectionality can lead to college diversity officers helping to make campuses a hostile environment for Jews.
Dec. 29, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2006. Credit: Tinseltown/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Archbishop Tutu and the disturbing power of intersectionality
South Africa’s struggle was nothing like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but the anti-apartheid leader’s bias showed how easily people can be led astray by such myths.
Dec. 27, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Zahra Billoo, executive director of CAIR in the San Francisco Bay Area, in a speech on Nov. 27, 2021. Source: Screenshot.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Mainstream Jewish groups need to understand that interfaith dialogue legitimized CAIR
A CAIR leader’s anti-Semitic rant was shocking. Yet despite efforts to shift the narrative, the truth about the group that claims to represent Muslims has long been known.
Dec. 23, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on Nov. 21, 2021. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.
From the Editor-in-Chief
The non-Orthodox get another lesson in Israeli electoral math
The absence of the haredim from the coalition should have made it possible for the implementation of a more pluralistic Western Wall renovation. But political reality once again intruded.
Dec. 22, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
JNS TV
Andrew Roberts: ‘Far From Out of the Woods With Anti-Semitism in Britain’ | ‘Top Story,’ Ep. 29
Historian and author Andrew Roberts joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan S. Tobin to discuss revisionist history and what’s behind the increasingly strident anti-Semitism in Great Britain.
Dec. 21, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
AIPAC
From the Editor-in-Chief
Can AIPAC help lead a new bipartisan surge of support for Israel?
The question isn’t whether the pro-Israel community should support candidates; it’s whether those contributions will make a difference if one of the two parties is being led by leftist foes of the Jewish state.
Dec. 20, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
IDF soldiers guard the Homesh checkpoint while mourners enter for the funeral procession of Yehuda Dimentman, who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist, Dec. 17, 2021. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Why the double standard on West Bank violence?
Claims of a spike in settler violence made headlines while “routine” terror attacks, including murder by Palestinian Arabs against Jews, are downplayed or treated as justified.
Dec. 17, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
An illustration of cancel culture. Credit: Lightspring/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Can liberal values make a comeback in a Jewish world dominated by the woke?
A letter from rabbis worrying about self-censorship in discourse on race, gender and politics mandated by the intolerant left charts a path back from the abyss of polarization.
Dec. 16, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz addresses the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla., discussing the threat of Iran and Israel's efforts to reach out to Diaspora Jewry, Dec. 10, 2021. Photo by Noam Galai.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Gantz was warning Washington, not Tehran
Talk about preparations for a strike on Iran is aimed at restraining American appeasement, though the tactic may not stop back channel nuclear talks that could render Israeli protests moot.
Dec. 15, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
JNS TV
William Jacobson: Boycotted for Publishing the Truth | ‘Top Story,’ Ep. 28
Law professor and “Legal Insurrection” author William Jacobson talks about how intersectionality and critical race theory are destroying academic freedom and enabling anti-Semitism.
Dec. 14, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaking at the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), congressional reception for newly elected congressional representatives. Credit: Phil Pasquini/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Does the United States need an official Islamophobia monitor?
The Ilhan Omar-sponsored bill sounds like a gesture against prejudice. Still, the effort may do more to legitimize a form of anti-Semitism than to counter hate against Muslims.
Dec. 13, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
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