Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
Want a Jewish Future? Forget Emotion and Look at the Numbers
JNS.org - In early 2014, I joined a group of Jewish scholars and writers who gathered to ponder the startling statistics contained in the Pew...
Don’t Ask Ivanka to Oppose Religious Freedom
JNS.org - Ivanka Trump is more than just the first daughter. As a key adviser, as well as the wife of Jared Kushner, the president’s...
Who Loses When Synagogues Join the Resistance?
JNS.org - For many years, every population study has shown that the American synagogue is in trouble. The demographic collapse of non-Orthodox Jewry has affected...
Want a Path to Peace? Pound the Table at Abbas
JNS.org - The most important incident during President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East took place out of view of the international press. At...
Taking Trump Seriously, But Not Literally, in the Middle East
JNS.org - In a seminal piece for The Atlantic last September, journalist Salena Zito explained a simple truth that most people hadn’t grasped about the...
Can Trump’s Outside-In Formula Work?
JNS.org - Much of the attention being given to President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East has focused on whether his first foreign trip will...
The Foolish Embassy Expectation Game
JNS.org - When President Donald Trump heads to the Middle East next week, the world will be primarily watching closely to see if he makes any...
Is Trump Being Played by the Palestinians?
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump’s optimism about Middle East peace might be justified. Perhaps Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ pledge that he will be a...
Why the Iran Debate Is Not Over
JNS.org - When the Obama administration managed to avoid a congressional vote on its nuclear deal with Iran in 2015 courtesy of a Democratic Senate filibuster,...
The Palestinians Don’t Want a Mandela, They Want Another Arafat
JNS.org - Palestinian internal politics and liberal hostility to Israel came together at the New York Times this month. The newspaper provoked a firestorm of criticism...
Sean Spicer and the Hitler Rule
JNS.org - The biggest Jewish news story during Passover this year proved a rule of political argument: whoever mentions Hitler first always loses. I'm referring, of course, to Sean...
There Must Be Limits to American Jewish Community’s ‘Big Tent’
JNS.org - What is the one value that the Jewish community should care most about? To listen to many who run Jewish organizations and communal philanthropies, the answer...
Stop Denying the Israeli Consensus on the Palestinians
JNS.org - Yair Lapid is the current favorite to become prime minister when the Israeli people go to the polls to elect a new Knesset. But whether...
Opinion: The Jewish Charm Offensive Crack-up
Many months of hard work by Democratic activists aiming to shore up Jewish support for U.S. President Barack Obama wasn't undermined by arguments from his...
Group of Top Ex-Israeli Security Officials Back US Legislation to Cut Funding of Palestinian Authority Over Terror Payments
Top French News Agency Apologizes to Jewish Human Rights Group Over Map Excluding Israel
It's Time to Talk About Yves Engler
Confessions of a College Zionist
Professors Spin Antisemitic Conspiracies at Cal State-Fresno