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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.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a campaign rally in Iowa on Nov. 10, 2019. Source: Facebook.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Don’t let Bernie Sanders get away with redefining ‘pro-Israel’
Supporting Israel’s existence while being allied to those who wish to destroy it and engage in anti-Semitic invective doesn’t work.
Dec. 6, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
U.S. President Donald Trump with fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members at the 70th anniversary of NATO in Watford, Hertfordshire, outside of London, Dec. 4, 2019. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.
From the Editor-in-Chief
If NATO is going to fight terrorism, it needs Israel
The real dispute over the future of the alliance isn’t about Trump, but why Turkey remains inside the tent and the Jewish state remains on the outside looking in.
Dec. 5, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
E.U. High Representative Federica Mogherini with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif before P5+1 nations resume nuclear talks in Switzerland in 2015. Credit: U.S. State Department.
From the Editor-in-Chief
While Iran shoots protesters, Europe schemes to enrich the murderers
Tehran’s violence against demonstrators is the worst in 40 years. Yet Europeans chose this week to double down on an effort to evade U.S. sanctions.
Dec. 4, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
Aerial photo of the Temple Mount. Photo by Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Help JNS change how the world learns about Israel
JNS is devoted to telling the truth about Israel and Jewish issues unburdened by the biases and institutional blinders that distort so much of what we read, hear and see about these topics in the secular and even the Jewish press.
Dec. 3, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
Jewish refugees at a Ma’abarot transit camp in Israel, 1950. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Don’t forget the Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim lands
Palestinians and their supporters not only erase the Jewish history of the land of Israel, but also of the Jews of Arab lands who lost their homes 70 years ago.
Dec. 2, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan Greenblatt
From the Editor-in-Chief
Who can speak for American Jews against anti-Semitism? Not the ADL
While British Jewry has pulled together against the threat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, American Jews seem more focused on partisan grudges then on combating hate.
Nov. 27, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
Former New York City mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 10, 2019. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr.
From the Editor-in-Chief
What Michael Bloomberg can teach us about American politics
The billionaire’s candidacy will prove that bashing a billionaire for spending on politics isn’t always anti-Semitism … as long as the attackers aren’t conservative.
Nov. 26, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu show their support outside the PM's residence in Jerusalem, November 23, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90
From the Editor-in-Chief
Netanyahu’s choice: Hold onto power, or let his ideas prevail without him?
He may hold onto his party’s leadership after being indicted. But if he can’t form another government, what is his duty to the principles he’s spent his entire life defending?
Nov. 25, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
Nick Fuentes
From the Editor-in-Chief
Why conservatives can’t condone racists and anti-Semites
The debate about immigration is being hijacked by a conflict over alt-right racists that the White House and others on the right must condemn.
Nov. 22, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
Trump, Netanyahu
From the Editor-in-Chief
Are Netanyahu’s indictments the same as the push to impeach Trump?
The analogy between the two leaders’ predicaments is not so much in the substance of the cases as in the way their opponents and supporters perceive them.
Nov. 21, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
The heads of the Arab-Israeli parties Hadash, Ta’al and UAL seek a joint list, July 27, 2019. Credit: Hadash.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Who are the real anti-Zionists in Israel?
Avigdor Lieberman’s denunciation of Israeli-Arab parties and those of the haredim as morally equivalent misses the point about the challenges facing the Jewish state.
Nov. 20, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami addressing the 2019 J Street National Conference in Washington. Source: J Street/Flickr.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Why do American Jews oppose an Israeli consensus on settlements?
Reaction to Trump’s latest decision once again proves that liberal Jewish groups see Israel in the context of American politics, not Middle Eastern reality.
Nov. 19, 2019
Jonathan S. Tobin
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