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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.

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‘Top Story,’ Ep. 1: Iran and Kerry
The first of the JNS podcast “Top Story” with Jonathan S. Tobin.
May. 6, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Head of the Yesh Atid Party Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on May 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
From the Editor-in-Chief
The upside of Israel’s electoral mess
If right- and left-wing parties can consider forming even a temporary coalition that illustrates both Netanyahu’s difficulties and the broad consensus on security issues.
May. 5, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Teens were caught on video pelting eggs on a mother and a child in what was an anti-Semitic hate crime in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 9, 2019. Source: Screenshot.
From the Editor-in-Chief
New York courts prove that woke politics endangers Jews
A “bail reform” law led to the release of violent criminals who struck again and now to that of a man who vandalized synagogues. And still, the ADL and Jewish left are silent.
May. 4, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Israelis comfort one another in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square following the Lag B'Omer stampede in Meron that resulted in the deaths of 45 Jewish worshippers, May 2, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Can a disaster breed Jewish unity or widen the communal breach?
Solidarity with the victims of the Mount Meron tragedy is a sign of hope. Still, the impulse to turn it into a political issue and cast blame on the ultra-Orthodox may prove more powerful.
May. 3, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
U.S. President Joe Biden delivering an address to a Joint Session of Congress on April 28, 2021. Source: POTUS/Twitter.
From the Editor-in-Chief
What’s behind Biden’s white-supremacist terror warning?
Right-wing extremists remain a threat. But the administration seems more focused on exploiting the U.S. Capitol riot for political advantage than on actual terrorists, especially those funded by Iran.
Apr. 30, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Sarah Margon. Source: Screenshot.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Why is Joe Biden embracing the group that promotes the ‘apartheid state’ libel?
His naming of a Human Rights Watch official to a top State Department post is more evidence that this is not a pro-Israel administration.
Apr. 29, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Conference room. Credit: Pixabay.
From the Editor-in-Chief
A ‘big Jewish tent’ is incompatible with cancel culture
A failed attempt by leftist groups to expel the ZOA from the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council marks the end of the illusion of consensus.
Apr. 28, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Arabs wave Palestinian flags at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, April 26, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Critiques of Israel are critical race theory tourism
Distorted coverage of violence in Jerusalem is nothing new, but viewing the conflict through the prism of toxic myths about white supremacy also makes peace impossible.
Apr. 27, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Kerry, Iran
From the Editor-in-Chief
Israel has no choice but to act on its own to stop Iran
Israeli officials are pleading against more appeasement of Tehran. But revelations about John Kerry’s past betrayal help explain the administration’s refusal to listen.
Apr. 26, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan Greenblatt
From the Editor-in-Chief
Jewish groups should work for justice, not toxic race theories
Americans were relieved by the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Still, the JCPA and ADL shouldn’t join with partisans and radicals to exploit it to push a racialist agenda that hurts Jews.
Apr. 23, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
Joe Biden, then serving as vice president, speaks at the 2013 J Street conference. Credit: J Street via Facebook.
From the Editor-in-Chief
J Street is closer to power, but still marginalizes itself
The left-wing lobby wants to cut aid to the Jewish state and increase it to a terror-supporting Palestinian Authority, exposing its “pro-peace, pro-Israel” mantra as a false front.
Apr. 22, 2021
Jonathan S. Tobin
U.S. and Afghan National Army soldiers board a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Observation Post Mangol in the Nari district, Kunar province in Afghanistan, on Feb. 8, 2012. Credit: Sgt. Trey Harvey, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense via Wikimedia Commons.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Does America’s Afghanistan pullout bode ill for Israel?
Giving up on a “forever war” leads many to doubt American resolve in long-term conflicts. But there’s a difference between a prudent use of force and the appeasement of enemies like Iran.
Apr. 20, 2021
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