Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS. Follow him on Twitter at: @jonathans_tobin.
What ‘Our Boys’ doesn’t want us to know
The brutal murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir by three extremist Jews is a story that deserves to be told. The same can be said for the account of the swift and efficient manner in...
How far can the West go to entice Iran to talk?
According to press reports, Israel’s government got a scare last week during the G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. If a story broadcast on Israeli television is to be believed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urgently...
Justice demands the death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
The reaction to the decision of the U.S. Department of Justice to pursue the death penalty for Robert Bowers from the Jewish community was entirely predictable. The man who stands accused of perpetrating the...
What’s missing from Israel’s election campaign?
Statements from President Donald Trump last week about American Jews “being disloyal” set off a firestorm of criticism from Jewish groups. It was clear that the president was criticizing liberal Jews for not prioritizing...
After Tlaib and Omar ban, Democrats let radicals take the steering wheel
Taking the blame for actions undertaken by their governments is part of every ambassador’s job. So it’s hardly surprising that Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, and David Friedman, the American ambassador...
While a consensus rules in Israel, US politics becomes more divisive
It used to be that Israel and the United States represented two very different political paradigms.
The two major American political parties may have had their disagreements, but the difference in their worldviews was slight...
Judaism should not be used an ideological prop
In the wake of last week’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, the debate about the Trump administration’s immigration policies has become more divisive than ever. The fact that the shooter in that atrocity...
What Congress members did on their summer vacation in Israel
Americans spend a lot of time complaining about Congress. They complain that nothing gets done, and they carp that its members spend too much time playing politics. But whether or not you think that...
Will another Netanyahu victory sever ties with the Diaspora?
The slates are set for next month’s elections in Israel, but considering that it was only four months ago that voters last went to the polls to try to elect a government, their lack...
Tisha B’Av has a message for a divided, troubled America
It’s the important date in the Jewish calendar that most American Jews ignore. Tisha B’Av is the annual fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It’s also...