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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.

Democrats won the expectations game as a red wave didn’t materialize. But the results mean divided government and a worsening political tribal culture war.
Israel continues to help Kyiv, but Zelenskyy’s escalating campaign to scapegoat the Jewish state will only escalate as Netanyahu takes office.
Hyperbolic predictions of the end of democracy if Republicans win the midterms encourage extremism and conspiracy theories that fuel anti-Semitism.
Democratic Party talking points about a supposed threat to democracy from the right may be the cause of the surge in American-Jewish hysteria about Netanyahu’s partners.
Democrats don’t want Netanyahu or a right-wing/religious government in Jerusalem. But what they really don’t want is for the Jewish state’s voters to determine their own fate.
The ability of woke leftists to enshrine the toxic myths of CRT are on the line at the Supreme Court as it debates discriminatory admissions.
Anti-Semites want to take advantage of the platform, but efforts by liberal groups like the ADL to promote censorship of political speech are undermining, rather than defending, democracy.
Why is coverage of certain issues—like Israel—so one-sided? The midterm election once again proved that many reporters suppress the truth to bolster their position in any dispute.
If the GOP takes control of the House and the Senate next month, it needs to use the power of the purse to halt the way the DC establishment funds anti-Semitism abroad.
As long as some on both the left and the right are ready to excuse their allies and legitimize smears of Israel, the problem will continue to get worse.
Being dragged into an endless and unwinnable conflict, to virtue-signal opposition to Russia’s illegal invasion, makes no sense for Jerusalem or Washington.
Claims that a victory for Netanyahu would destroy Israel’s democratic system are partisan smears.