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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.

An election post-mortem should mean confronting rather than appeasing progressive antisemites. The future of a bipartisan pro-Israel consensus hangs in the balance.
It’s time to abandon the smears about Donald Trump and his voters being fascists and prioritize the clear-and-present danger to Jews from woke and Islamist antisemites.
Liberal Jewish groups are appalled by the prospect of an administration that is unabashedly pro-Israel. That says more about them than it does about him.
A year after Oct. 7 and a successful unity rally, an empty ballpark is a metaphor for American Jewry’s weak response to the war on Israel and the resulting surge in antisemitism.
The premeditated attacks weren’t provoked by Israelis. They were the inevitable consequence of a sinister red-green anti-Zionist alliance of leftists and Islamists in Europe.
The new administration won’t be isolationist. But unlike its predecessor, it will be skeptical of the United Nations, European opinion and a blank check for Ukraine.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Ruthie Blum, Ep. 154
Most Jews will vote for the party that represents the credentialed elites. That they do so while claiming to support social justice doesn’t make sense.
His private advice to Columbia University that only the GOP cared about campus antisemitism illustrates the Democratic establishment’s abandonment of the Jews.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Karol Markowicz, Ep. 153
A closing argument against Donald Trump centered on accusations about his alleged authoritarian threat is unconvincing and will make it harder to heal a divided nation.
An insightful case study of how it works at the University of Michigan demonstrates the danger of allowing woke ideological rule. The next administration can do something about it.