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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.

Israel has so far gotten away with a dysfunctional farce of a unity government. But with relations with Washington about to get tricky, the Jewish state needs to speak with one voice.
Tehran has already signaled that it won’t renegotiate Obama’s pact. How will a new president change that if he’s already given up all of his leverage?
Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock has said terrible things about Israel, yet some Jews stand behind him. Is this dispute about friendship or partisanship?
JNS prides itself on fairness and accuracy in all of our news articles. But unlike most media outlets, it also presents the case for the justice of Israel’s cause.
The assassination of Tehran’s top nuclear scientist is a reminder not so much of Israeli and Arab rejection of appeasement as it is of the deadly nature of the Iranian threat.
Joe Biden’s team consists of Obama alumni who know how to behave. But while their manners will be impeccable, they seem unlikely to be able to learn from their past errors.
A newly elected congressman’s comments about wanting to convert Jews set off a controversy. But Jews have bigger problems than Madison Cawthorn.
Allowing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to go to Israel is the final chapter of a tragedy in which, contrary to popular myth, there are no heroes.
At a time when both warring political tribes feel entitled to say anything about their opponents, can we at least keep false Holocaust analogies out of public discourse?
By repeating the same measures that failed to stop the virus before, faith in the government, as well as its commitment to religious freedom, is called into question.
Like the false Oslo narrative, tributes to Saeb Erekat from diplomats show that the belief that peace is attainable through building relationships remains a myth.
Post-election blowback from moderates against the radicals could complicate the left’s progress in moving the party away from a pro-Israel position.