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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.

It’s nice that this hero’s greatness is finally being recognized by all segments of Israeli society, but the notion that he has somehow become an avatar of today’s left-wingers is bunk.
Archeological finds continue to debunk Palestinian attempts to deny Jewish history. Yet without the Jewish presence at the site, all these precious relics would be trashed.
A pre-election invitation to Moscow illustrates the prime minister’s ability to navigate through the difficult foreign-policy choices facing Israel.
The comments of a New York City councilman about a country that doesn’t yet exist led to punishment that Rep. Ilhan Omar escaped for spreading anti-Semitism.
Former Obama aide and left-wing Democrats play the race card against Israel to portray anti-Semitic BDS as a civil-rights campaign and to denounce “Jewish money.”
The impact on Hezbollah and Assad’s forces buttresses the argument to end waivers permitting eight nations to sell oil to Tehran, which only helps keep the Islamist regime going.
The death of Air France pilot Michael Bacos, whose plane from Israel was hijacked to Uganda, reminds us that the anti-Semitism is a choice that the righteous can choose to reject.
Pompeo thinks Trump may have been chosen to help save the Jews. But even if you leave religion out of it, there’s no denying that this is the most pro-Israel administration yet.
The lobby remains a bipartisan unifying point for the pro-Israel community, not a Republican auxiliary or an irrelevant group too timid to go to war against the Democrats.
Democrats aren’t cheering the president’s embrace of a consensus Israeli position, while their leading presidential contenders are boycotting AIPAC.
Learning to tell the difference between a joke and a slur is a matter of intent. Mocking our foibles and pretensions is funny. Delegitimizing Jews is not.
After several attempts to help the Israeli left, Trump breaks with tradition yet again, seeking to give Netanyahu and the Likud a boost. Will it work?