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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.

The Kotel rock was a case of a stone meeting gravity. But it was also used as an excuse for Jewish score-settling while allowing the Palestinians to explain again why peace is not in sight.
If Jews are still reeling from the hate march—with some associating racists and white supremacists with Trump—those false assumptions are the product of the president’s mistakes.
If the Trump administration is waving the white flag on its hopes for a fix to Gaza and an Israel-Palestinian peace plan, it’s a sign of realism, not amateurism.
Instead of focusing on Trump’s tweets, the administration is right to increase pressure on Iran with sanctions that can force it to back down on nukes and in Syria.
Religion used to be the line that wasn’t crossed. Now it’s politics, and more importantly, views about Donald Trump that may determine who we’ll date or marry.
Anger about the new nation-state law is misplaced. Concern over the rabbinate flexing its muscles and contempt for the Diaspora is not.
Four lies spread by groups that support anti-Semitic incitement and BDS efforts to eradicate Israel need to be debunked.
What does it mean if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really is the future of the Democratic Party?
Netanyahu isn’t embracing dictators. He’s seeking allies for a country that has a lot of enemies.
As Americans debate the propriety of good relations with a dangerous Russian regime, Israelis see Moscow as the key to putting Iran in its place.
The attack on Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is the latest instance of how Jonathan Greenblatt has turned the venerable anti-Semitism watchdog into a partisan outfit.
Why the Knesset’s efforts to define the Jewish state should be influenced by Diaspora objections.