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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.

Two years after Pittsburgh, American Jews still struggle to separate their fears of anti-Semitic hate and violence from their political preferences.
The president was wrong to take a swipe at Biden during the Sudan normalization ceremony. But worries about the Democrats’ likely policy switches are justified.
Biden’s pledge raises important questions about his policy priorities, as well as about how Americans think about foreign foes and threats to democracy.
The ADL slammed State Department plans to denounce popular NGOs, yet Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam are all guilty of inciting hate against Israel.
The foreign-policy establishment is jeering his push for Sudan to normalize relations with Israel, but this is just one more example of why we shouldn’t trust them.
Hate groups have obsessed about the billionaire’s influence. Still, we can’t treat the world’s largest funder of liberal and radical causes as off-limits for criticism.
Saeb Erekat repeatedly libeled Israel, aided terrorists and was an obstacle to peace. But Jewish values will always dictate that Israelis help those in need.
The Genesis Prize’s embrace of celebrity culture with its foolish popularity contest illustrates why so many young people are turned off by the Jewish world.
It’s no surprise that Israelis want Trump while American Jews back Biden. The split isn’t so much about Middle East policy as it is about the nature of the two societies.
Everyone cheered Facebook’s decision on hate. But will that applause also enable it to get away with banning political speech its owners don’t like?
The oil company’s investment isn’t just a huge boost for Israel’s natural-gas industry. It’s more evidence that the Arab world has given up the war on the Jewish state.
The backlash against the casting of Israeli star Gal Gadot as Cleopatra illustrates the insidious nature of the myths spawned by critical race theory and intersectionalism.