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Jonathan Tobin answers all your burning questions of 2024

“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin, Ep. 160

Jan. 2, 2025
Jonathan S. Tobin

Jonathan Tobin answers all your burning questions of 2024

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In this special “Ask Me Anything” episode of “Think Twice,” JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin answers questions on a wide variety of topics, submitted by readers and viewers from all over the world.

Tobin speaks of his own intellectual and political journey; the future for Israel and the United States now that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to work together; the Jewish state’s dependency on America; how to address conflict between Jerusalem and Washington; American and Israeli politics; the pathology of Jewish anti-Zionism; the future of American Jewry and much more.

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Jonathan S. Tobin
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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