Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
Don’t Stop the JNF From Doing Its Job
JNS.org - The little blue box is no longer ubiquitous in Jewish households the way it once was. The symbolic pushke into which coins were...
What Is It That Jews Actually Value?
JNS.org –We already knew that the Genesis Prize was not really the “Jewish Nobel Prize” as its public-relations flacks have trained so many journalists to call it. Since...
Will a Palestinian Election Matter?
JNS.org - This once would have been the sort of gesture that would have inspired hope for peace in the Middle East, as well as...
Biden’s Already Backing Down on Iran
JNS.org - In his first major foreign-policy speech delivered last week, President Joe Biden sent a variety of confusing and mixed messages, but one thing...
Can Faith Help Us Stop Hating Our Neighbors?
JNS.org - Just how sick is America in 2021? Los Angeles Times columnist Virginia Heffernan provided the country with an answer that has provoked scorn...
Are All Criticisms of White House Staffers the Same?
JNS.org - Religious prejudice is a terrible thing, no matter whom it’s directed against. So, when the White House pushed back against what it describes...
What Would Hiring Robert Malley Say About Biden’s Plans on Iran?
JNS.org - One of the most unseemly aspects of the beginning of any new administration are the campaigns waged by various job-seekers and their friends...
The Arab Spring Created a Consensus Against Middle East Interventions
JNS.org - The tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings has given rise to a deluge of commentary noting the contrast between...
Zoom Can’t Be the Formula for a Post-Pandemic Jewish Future
JNS.org - After a horrendous year of pandemic, poverty, and polarization, will the coronavirus vaccine soon return the Jewish world to a semblance of normalcy?...
Can the Palestinians Adjust to Changing Times?
JNS.org - They’ll always have the United Nations. Even as the rest of the world abandons their cause, the Palestinians can still count on the...
The Verdict of History and Benjamin Netanyahu
JNS.org - As far as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most ardent supporters are concerned, those preparing his political obituary are again wasting their time....
Despite Internal Israeli Disputes, Still No Support for Two States
JNS.org - Perhaps Gideon Sa’ar is the man who will finally put an end to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record run as Israel’s leader....
Biden Makes the Netanyahu-Gantz Divorce Necessary
JNS.org - This isn’t what Israelis want to hear right now, but it’s nonetheless true: they need to hold another election. The prospect of a...
Pollard: The Man Israel Left Behind and the Damage Left With Him
JNS.org - It was about time. Almost exactly 35 years to the day after Jonathan Pollard and his former wife Anne were refused entry to...









