Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS. Follow him on Twitter at: @jonathans_tobin.
Pandemic panic a breeding ground for the virus of Jew-hatred
Burned into the historical memory of the Jewish people is what happened in the period when the bubonic plague swept through Europe from 1347 to 1351. The “Black Death” was one of the greatest...
Biden’s revival means a return to Obama’s Middle East policies
As far as many Democrats are concerned, the possibility of one nightmare has been averted. Now they think it’s time to make the other bad dream in the form of President Donald Trump go...
Two kinds of anti-Semitism become part of the presidential campaign
The presidential campaign has already provided a lot of unpleasant moments, but what happened last week in Phoenix, Ariz., may have been the lowest point yet. During a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),...
An object lesson in misplaced American Jewish priorities
When the National Museum of American Jewish History opened its doors in November 2010, the spanking new $150 million building on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall seemed to be the physical manifestation of all that the...
Did Bloomberg give ammunition to anti-Semites?
There are a lot of people who are relieved that Michael Bloomberg has dropped out of the Democratic primary race, and not all of them are named Biden.
The withdrawal of the former mayor of...
Israel’s First World problems are real, but so is its progress
Spend enough time in Israel not immersed in history and sight-seeing or being awed by its spiritual and physical beauty, and you can easily understand why so many of its citizens spend so much...
Will Bernie turn Jews into Trump supporters?
This is a scary moment for centrist and pro-Israel Democrats. Sen. Bernie Sanders’s overwhelming victory in the Nevada caucuses, coupled with the disastrous debut of Michael Bloomberg in last week’s Las Vegas debate, has...
Bloomberg’s money and the anti-Semitism defense
At a time of a rising tide of anti-Semitism sweeping across the globe, groups tasked with monitoring and combating Jew-hatred are needed more than ever. Yet the Anti-Defamation League continues to sabotage the effort...
Can Trump’s Iran policy succeed in the long run?
The following was delivered in a speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ annual Leadership Mission in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2020:
Our focus today is on hot spots in the...
Digital bullies are a problem. But they’re not the Third Reich
Some important liberal journalists have recently started talking about an ugly fact. Running afoul of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s online supporters isn’t fun. That was the upshot of a recent conversation on MSNBC when “Meet...