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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 Melanie Phillips, Ep. 162
His legacy isn’t just weakness, failure and unchecked antisemitism. The visibly diminished president became America’s forgotten man even before he left the White House.
Threats against Hamas and its allies, as well as pressure on Netanyahu, clearly played a decisive role. A likely revival of a terrorist state, however, will create new dilemmas for the alliance.
As Donald Trump takes unfair abuse for seeking to end the war that Vladimir Putin started, don’t ignore the denial of Ukraine’s ongoing veneration of antisemitic murderers.
The American Historical Association’s allegation discredits them more than it does Israel. Yet it illustrates how corrupt and anti-intellectual the leftist-dominated academic world has become.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest John Podhoretz, Ep. 161
ADL’s claims that Mark Zuckerberg’s decision will harm Jews show their partisanship and liberal frustration over Trump’s defeat of the censorship-industrial complex.
The claim that Israelis are indifferent to the suffering in Gaza is false; its purpose is to demonize Jews while ignoring Palestinian support for genocide.
Partisanship, tolerance of antisemitism and worries about Islamophobia led the Biden administration and its media allies to look for domestic terrorism in all the wrong places.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin, Ep. 160
Despite the natural sympathy for a deceased president, his failures and their terrible consequences should not be erased by revisionist historians.
Hamas casualty and famine claims continue to be exposed as lies. But as long as much of the world accepts the canard that the Jewish state is illegitimate, that won’t matter.