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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.

“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Thane Rosenbaum, Ep. 181
Bush punted, Obama and Biden appeased, while Trump 2.0 played into Tehran’s hands by delaying a decision with futile diplomacy, leaving Netanyahu no choice but to act.
Far from deserving Jewish support, the protests against enforcing the law regarding illegal immigration are another aspect of the same anti-Western campaign demonizing Israel.
Jewish foes of the president’s measure are blind to the threat facing not just Jews from antisemitic and terror-supporting nations, but to the democratic values they cherish.
The “woke right” rages against a tougher policy on Iran as well as support for Israel. It’s clear that their motives for wanting to repeat Obama’s folly, which didn’t put America first, are morally questionable.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Michael Oren, Ep. 180
The Boulder attack is more proof that a cause chanting for the genocide of Israelis is inextricably linked to violence against American Jews.
The credentialed elites are defending a bastion of woke indoctrination and Jew-hatred. The president’s foes are backing the side that is waging war on Western civilization.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Daniel Taub, Ep. 179
Rather than false narratives about Gaza genocide, the president’s impatience to end a conflict that the Palestinian Arabs won’t stop is creating “daylight” between the two allies.
The president is right to say that the United States must reject neo-Marxist wokeism if it is to defeat China, Islamism and antisemitism, as it did fascism, Nazism and communism.
The path to the surge in antisemitism can be traced to when the left embraced ideologies that made Israel and the Jews part of a toxic worldview about race.