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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 Jennifer Sutton, Ep. 170.
Leaders who plan to boycott a conference on antisemitism because of the presence of right-wingers show they aren’t serious about fighting Jew-hatred.
The cancellation of his book tour is a reminder that the New York senator failed to lead the fight against Jew-hatred and sought to undermine Israel’s government for partisan reasons.
Don’t be misled by the left’s free-speech hypocrisy. The issue isn’t only deporting supporters of a genocidal war on Israel; it’s their opposition to ridding U.S. education of toxic woke ideology.
WATCH: “Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Benjamin Weingarten, Ep. 169
The dumping of Israel-basher Daniel Davis indicates that worries about antisemitic conservatives notwithstanding, it’s only the president’s position that matters.
Leftists misuse the biblical book of Esther to promote the lie about Israel committing genocide when it is the Palestinians, like Hitler, Haman and Amalek before them, who seek their extermination.
The president’s long overdue crackdown on schools that tolerate Jew-hatred is being spun by his political foes as an attack on free speech. The truth is quite the opposite.
While a DOD spokeswoman’s antisemitic tweets may have caused outrage, some questionable political appointments don’t substantiate claims that Trump is anti-Jewish.
WATCH: “Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Brandy Shufutinsky, Ep. 168
The historian and former State Department envoy didn’t speak out when it mattered. Her partisanship and unwillingness to address the root cause of campus antisemitism is a tragic failure.
Israel’s goals of eradicating the terrorists and freeing the hostages remain mutually exclusive. Washington’s green light for a cutoff of aid to Gaza, however, can change the equation.