Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
Dave Chappelle and Normalizing Black Antisemitism
JNS.org - You have to live in a bubble of New York Times readers and NPR listeners to think that what happens on “Saturday Night...
Biden Shouldn’t Try to ‘Save’ Israeli Democracy From Election Victors
JNS.org - The votes in Israel’s latest Knesset election are still being counted, but the exit polls confirmed the worst fears of the Biden administration....
Israel Should Stay Out of the War in Ukraine
JNS.org - Eight months into Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, two things are clear about the conflict. One is that Russian President Vladimir...
The Future of Democracy is Not at Stake in Israel’s — or America’s — Upcoming Elections
JNS.org - For all of the enormous differences between Israeli and American politics, there is one great similarity between the elections that will be held in...
Partisan Bias Created A Toxic Media Culture that Tolerates Antisemitism
JNS.org - From the point of view of future historians, anything said by the rap artist/fashion mogul formerly known as Kanye West shouldn’t merit any attention....
Is the Israel-Lebanon Maritime Deal as Good as the Abraham Accords?
JNS.org - Let’s hope that both US President Joe Biden and interim Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid are right about the deal they’ve struck with...
Obama, Biden, and the Real ‘War on Women’ in Iran. Can the US Change Course?
JNS.org - Apparently, there are some mistakes from which the US foreign-policy establishment thinks it can learn. In 2009, when Iranian protesters thronged the streets...
Is Italy’s Giorgia Meloni a Friend or a Foe of the Jews?
JNS.org - The latest parliamentary elections in Italy have sent many in the chattering classes in both Europe and the United States heading for their...
Get Out Your Crystal Ball! Take the 5783 Jewish Pundit Quiz
JNS.org – Every year at this time, we assess the events of the previous 12 months and wonder whether things could possibly get worse. Though...
Can Reform and Conservative Judaism Support for Zionism Be Revived?
JNS.org - One of the staples of pre-Rosh Hashanah journalism in recent decades is the evergreen story about how rabbis are afraid to speak honestly...
Biden’s Tilt Towards Iran Involves More Than Nuclear Talks
JNS.org - No one is happier about the apparent deadlock in the nuclear talks between the United States and Iran than Israeli Prime Minister Yair...
Do Religious Jews Have a Right to Reject Basic Secular Education?
JNS.org - After more than a century of biased reporting about Israel, contempt for Zionism, and a lack of interest in reporting about antisemitism, readers...
Who Is the 21st-Century’s Role Model? Queen Elizabeth or AOC?
JNS.org - The people we choose to admire speaks volumes about ourselves. That’s true of individuals but perhaps even more so of societies. Perhaps the...
Will a New Iran Deal Redefine the US-Israel Relationship?
JNS.org - At this stage, it’s likely that not even those American diplomats most immersed in the ongoing nuclear talks between the United States and...