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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.

Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds to the Turks doesn’t mean that he will also abandon the region to Iran. But Netanyahu and the Arab states have to be alarmed by the situation.
Anti-Zionists may still be able to intimidate some people, like pop stars who visit Israel, but in the real world and even at the United Nations, their cause is an afterthought.
The flimsy corruption charges he’s facing are creating a precedent that is a greater threat to the rule of law and the future of Israel than anything he’s charged with doing.
Regardless of your opinion about the merits of impeachment, the president’s lashing out at two prominent Democrats leading the attack on him wasn’t anti-Semitic.
Join the editor of JNS in guessing what will happen in the New Year.
The religious obligation to account for one’s faults conflicts with the intolerant culture of the age of Trump, in which all opponents are demonized.
Trump’s education department may withhold federal grants to Middle East studies departments that promote anti-Semitism. Why aren’t Jews cheering?
After a year of synagogue shootings, Jews must stand together at the New Year, and rabbis need to inspire faith and healing, rather than partisanship.
A fundamental shift in Israeli politics ought to make “national unity” coalition possible were it not for the debate about the country’s “indispensable man.”
The anti-Trump group’s connection to anti-Semitism isn’t limited to a few individuals. It’s the natural consequence of intersectional ideology that promotes hatred of Israel and Jews.
Any successor will benefit from the media’s demonization of Netanyahu, though Israel’s American critics won’t like Gantz’s policies any more than they did Bibi’s.
Another election deadlock may not be the prime minister’s political obituary, but Israeli politics have shifted to the point where the end of his reign is now in sight.