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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.

While Trump is impatient for a complete victory over Hamas, Biden and Schumer wave the white flag in their party’s civil war against Democrats who loathe the Jewish state.
The self-proclaimed “shomer” of the Senate is at odds with Israel’s people, not Netanyahu, in order to convince Israel-hating Democrats not to defect.
“Top Story” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Sheila Nazarian, Ep. 133
Biden’s floating port scheme is a potential trap for both the United States and Israel, as well as an opportunity for terrorists to exploit sympathy for Palestinians.
The administration’s efforts to spin attacks on Jerusalem that validate Hamas propaganda as a critique of the prime minister and his policies are an effort to appease the left.
A winner of the film award for a Holocaust movie used his moment on the stage to virtue-signal his opposition to Israel and his tacit support for modern-day Nazis.
The president’s hyper-partisan address had more harsh words for Israel than Hamas, for whom he offered a floating pier. He said not a word about the surge in antisemitism.
American liberalism isn’t defending Western civilization or effectively fighting antisemitism. The woke left and its apologists, not the political right, is the root of the problem.
“Top Story” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Elliott Abrams, Ep. 132
Journalists and those who post on social media deny the atrocities of Oct. 7 because of the false narrative about Israel being a “settler-colonial” state that enables antisemitism.
Instead of promoting a ceasefire and a Palestinian state to undermine Netanyahu, the message from Washington and Israeli politicians should be for Hamas to surrender.
Harvard University’s shambolic attempt to investigate its own Jew-hatred is symptomatic of the grip that toxic leftist ideas have on higher education that must be challenged.