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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.

Despite outrage about interventions in its own elections, America has often sought to influence Israeli politics. Expect Washington to pull out all the stops to try to sabotage Netanyahu.
As radical leftist ideologies set society on fire, what’s needed is an intellectual debate about whether classical liberalism or a rediscovered conservatism provides the answers.
The tour will focus on better relations with the Saudis and increasing the supply of oil. But these scorned allies have no reason to trust an administration determined to appease Iran.
As some join in Juneteenth commemorations, the question is not whether to oppose racism but how adopting the narrative of “white privilege” legitimizes racialist ideas and anti-Semitism.
A former U.S. general who headed a leading liberal think tank secretly worked for Qatar in connection with Benny Gantz. This questionable behavior exposes the problem of relying on “experts.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?