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Jonathan S. Tobin

Jonathan S. Tobin

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.

Copley Square in Boston. Credit: Pixabay.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Condemning the ‘mapping project’ isn’t enough
Opposition to the targeting of Jews by mainstream Democrats was a rejection of anti-Zionist extremism. But the real problem is this effort’s roots in critical race theory and intersectionality.
Jun. 14, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Hindering free speech on social media. Credit: Lightspring/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Cancel culture isn’t just for academics anymore
As limits on speech spread from campuses to Big Tech forums to newsrooms and sports arenas, it’s time to ask whether woke mobs are killing free discourse.
Jun. 13, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
A power plant in southern Iran in January 2019. Credit: Lukas Bischoff Photograph/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Iran gave Biden a reason to abandon appeasement. He still won’t do it
Tehran’s latest provocation earned censure; however, the determination in Washington to avoid a conflict while focusing on the war in Ukraine illustrates America’s confusion.
Jun. 10, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am Party, arrives for coalition talks at the Maccabiah Village in Ramat Gan on June 2, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Lesson from a government’s likely collapse? Stop worrying about international opinion
Having an Arab party in the coalition should have silenced the “apartheid state” lie. It just proved again that Israel’s enemies don’t care what it does; they just want it dead.
Jun. 8, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Image from the Boston “Mapping Project.” Credit: https://mapliberation.org.
From the Editor-in-Chief
What does the BDS movement really stand for? Unadulterated hate
Those Jews who defend or join it should see how a new “mapping project” conducted by a Boston BDS group is illustrative of the anti-Israel movement’s animus for Jews.
Jun. 7, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Leonard Bernstein Working on a Musical Score cropped
From the Editor-in-Chief
Jews have bigger problems than a fake nose on an actor’s face
The controversy over Bradley Cooper playing Leonard Bernstein is being hyped by those who worry about anti-Semitism. Woke rhetoric about cultural appropriation doesn’t help.
Jun. 3, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Protesting free speech in New York City. Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Can free speech be protected without helping the haters?
The ADL cheered when the Supreme Court didn’t uphold a Texas law that would stop social-media companies from silencing users. But do worries about anti-Semitism justify political censorship?
Jun. 1, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Los Angeles Unified School Bus
From the Editor-in-Chief
Think intersectionality and critical race theory aren’t a threat to Jews? Think again
The attempt to foist Liberated Ethnic Studies on California public schools illustrates the connection between woke political indoctrination and anti-Semitism.
May. 31, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Young American Jews
From the Editor-in-Chief
Who’s to blame for young American and Democrat coolness towards Israel?
Despite the impulse to blame Netanyahu and the usual targets of left-wing scorn, the real answer is the growing popularity of theories like intersectionality that sanction anti-Semitism.
May. 27, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Robb Elementary School in Ulvade, Texas. Source: Screenshot.
From the Editor-in-Chief
The only honest discussion about guns rests on the Second Amendment
Jewish groups continue to support “sensible” restrictions after every mass shooting. But, like liberal politicians, they avoid debating the real issue and why Americans aren’t giving up their guns.
May. 25, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Black Lives Matter supporters. Credit: tetiana.photographer/Shutterstock.
From the Editor-in-Chief
How Jewish support for ‘anti-racism’ empowered anti-Semitism
Two years after the moral panic set off by the death of George Floyd, American Jews need to confront the way the BLM movement and the ideologies that underpin it enable hatred of Jews.
May. 24, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
Bernie Sanders
From the Editor-in-Chief
Who’s winning Bernie Sanders’s war on AIPAC?
The Vermont Socialist and allies like AOC are the main obstacles to the pro-Israel organization’s efforts to stop the left’s anti-Israel campaign to transform the Democratic Party.
May. 23, 2022
Jonathan S. Tobin
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