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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.

Palestinians cheered the atrocities of Oct. 7, have been complicit in the fate of the hostages and support Israel’s destruction. Do Jews owe them aid?
Those who validate blood libels about Israel’s deliberately starving Palestinians are complicit in the antisemitic attacks on Jews that will happen long after the war ends.
It’s time to pull CAIR’s tax exemption and designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Charles Asher Small, Ep. 188
Israel lacks good options in the war against Hamas, but the condemnations of Netanyahu’s choice says more about his critics than about him.
Extremists and antisemites on the far right have united with the left to spread blood libels about the Jewish state. But Trump and most of the GOP are sticking with Jerusalem.
Frustration is mounting over a lost information war. Still, Israelis are right to think that persuading the world to stop believing blood libels circulated by Hamas cannot be their top priority.
Invoking past disasters to promote Jewish guilt about Gaza disgracefully manipulates history and the truth about the war, as well as bolsters those who wish to destroy Israel.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Steven Ossad, Ep. 187
Hamas terrorists are counting on Jewish empathy to let them survive to continue pursuing the genocidal war they began on Oct. 7. Anyone who does their bidding is despicable and dangerous.
As outrages against Jews multiply, the administration’s settlement with Columbia, though far from perfect, demonstrates that Jews are not alone in the United States.
The breakdown of the ceasefire-hostage release talks is a direct result of the growing signs of a Gaza famine manufactured by the terrorists, not the Jewish state.