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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.

Radical freshmen in the House will make noise while veterans preserve the alliance.
Political divisions have determined whether Jews are worried more about left-wing or right-wing anti-Semitism. It’s time to acknowledge that both remain genuine threats.
Some bashed the government’s embrace of the president, but did their distance from American partisan battles give them some perspective?
A new round of restrictions on commerce with Tehran increases pressure, but didn’t go as far as it could have. Can it still work to isolate the Islamist regime?
Ben & Jerry’s decision to fund a group whose leaders endorse Louis Farrakhan throws zero tolerance for hate out the window.
Asking a “rabbi” who believes in Jesus to speak about the Pittsburgh shooting at a Republican campaign rally highlights the one issue on which virtually all Jews agree.
Jewish institutions have a hard choice to make about protecting their buildings in a world where even armed guards might not be enough.
How an out-of-context comment from Israel’s chief rabbi about a Pittsburgh synagogue doesn’t need to widen the Israel-Diaspora divide.
The Pittsburgh shooter was motivated by a hatred of Jews. Efforts to shoehorn this atrocity into pet political theories don’t work.
The decline of political civility damages democracy. Yet there is still a difference between offensive speech and violent actions.
Our outrage at the Saudis notwithstanding, is a tilt towards Turkey and Iran worth it? Or is this really all about Trump?
Artists don’t have an intrinsic right to state subsidies, but neither should government ministers play the censor.