Jonathan S. Tobin

Can liberal Jews admit Trump is right about woke antisemitism?

The Boulder attack is more proof that a cause chanting for the genocide of Israelis is inextricably linked to violence against American Jews. Opinion.

Campus Antisemitism:

Harvard’s ‘resistance’ to Trump isn’t about academic freedom

The school would rather lose $9 billion in federal funding than offend the left and give up woke indoctrination policies that enable and encourage antisemitism. Opinion.

Jonathan S. Tobin:

Netanyahu is right about Israel’s ‘deep state’

Like the anti-Trump “resistance,” the country’s leftist liberal establishment is waging a war against the prime minister as a bid to hold on to power, not an effort to save democracy. The existence of a “deep state” in Israel, like that in the United States, is not really debatable. Opinion.

Don’t reject allies who oppose the red-green antisemitic alliance

Leaders who plan to boycott a conference on antisemitism because of the presence of right-wingers show they aren’t serious about fighting Jew-hatred.

Jonathan S. Tobin:

Betrayal: Lipstadt's silence about Biden failure on antisemitism

The historian and former State Department envoy didn’t speak out when it mattered. Her partisanship and unwillingness to address the root cause of campus antisemitism is a tragic failure. Opinion.

Travesty:

The Hamas baby killers and a broken global moral compass

Fashionable antisemitism has caused leftist myths about Israeli “oppressors” to dismiss justified grief about the fate of the Bibas kids and fury at the savages who killed them.

Trump plan puts an end to the Palestinian state fantasy

Moving Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip may not happen so easily, but at least, there will be a four-year respite from pressure to achieve the unachievable. Opinion.

Democrats betrayed Israel and US interests on the ICC

They effectively blocked sanctions on an antisemitic International Criminal Court because it impacted those who enable it. Then they blamed the GOP. Schumer was too cowardly to act the way principled Dem. Senator Fetterman did. Op-ed.

Trump should trust his instincts and ignore the Syria ‘experts’

Bashar Assad’s fall is not an opportunity for the United States to return to nation-building or foolish interventions in wars where, as opposed to Israel's war against Hamas and Hezbollah, there are no good guys. Opinion.

Ceasefire with Lebanon:

A necessary though imperfect deal caps Netanyahu’s finest hour

The ceasefire with Hezbollah won’t as yet ensure the safety of northern Israel. But could anyone else have resisted U.S. heat for so long and achieved as much? Opinion.

ANALYSIS:

Israel-bashers lose votes but gain ground among Democrats

An election post-mortem should mean confronting rather than appeasing progressive antisemites.

Where Jews fit in America’s realigned parties

It seems that most Jews, although less than before, still voted for the party that represents the credentialed elites. That they did so while claiming to support social justice doesn’t make sense.

Jewish anti-Zionists can’t be part of our ‘big tent’ community

Those Jews who seek Israel’s elimination aren’t “criticizing” Israel. They have joined forces with genocidal Islamists who justify Oct. 7 and the murder of Jews.

Why the reactions to Israel’s strikes on Hezbollah matter

The criticism of the tactics and the laughs that it inspired from besieged Israelis speak volumes about the moral sickness afflicting many Western liberals. The anger directed at Israel is because they are prepared to try to make killers pay for their crimes. Op-ed.

Why is Hamas so confident that it’s winning?

Despite heavy losses, the terror group knows that it will be the victor if it's still standing on its feet when the war it started on Oct. 7 ends. And it’s staking its future on American help to do that. Opinion.

Year two of the siege on Jewish students begins

The start of the semester means a renewed surge of delegitimization of Zionism and open antisemitism. Merely denouncing outrageous examples of hate won’t be enough. Op-ed.

Were Americans listening to Netanyahu’s message?

The contrast between the pro-Hamas mob outside the Capitol building and the prime minister’s address illustrated the stakes involved in the debate about Israel. Opinion.

Understanding the importance of J.D. Vance

What makes Vance both interesting and dangerous to the D.C. establishment is that he provides the intellectual muscle for a new conservative vision for the country. Opinion.

Time to unmask the pro-Hamas thugs

The revival of anti-masking laws is necessary to curb the post-Oct. 7 surge in antisemitism. But will Democratic-controlled legislatures pass them? Will they muster the will not to tolerate pro-Hamas thuggery? Op-ed.

Why Israel can say ‘no’ to American diktats

There’s no alternative to the alliance with the United States. But support from ordinary Americans and the GOP means Israel doesn’t have to sacrifice its security to please Biden. Opinion.

Biden’s double game on Hamas should fool no one

A presidential speech condemned past and present antisemitism. However, it contradicted policies aimed at letting the terrorists win and appeasing pro-Hamas voters.

Biden shouldn’t get away with granting a victory to Hamas

U.S. threats have given genocidal terrorists a respite as the media continues to demonize Israel and enable antisemitism. It’s now apparent that the United States—Israel’s main ally, and principal source of the arms and ammunition —does not want Hamas to be defeated. But the war isn’t over yet. Opinion.

Israel’s isolation is caused by antisemitism, not bad policies

The answer to the Jewish state’s diplomatic dilemma is victory. Heeding the world’s demands to stop the war and let Hamas win will only make it worse. Opinion.

In memoriam:

A politician who was also a role model

Joe Lieberman was almost U.S. vice president. But his real distinction was as a politician who stuck to his principles and showed how to be a faithful Jew in the public square.

Biden's moral failure

Biden’s State of the Union address and his subsequent pronouncements have harsh words for Israel, not Hamas, and not a word on surging antisemitism in the US. No real friend of Israel speaks this way. Opinion.

Why the left must lie about Hamas and rape

Journalists and social media deny the atrocities of Oct. 7 because of the false narrative about Israel being a “settler-colonial” state. No person with a shred of decency could support Hamas or oppose Israel’s efforts to eradicate it after reading about Hamas crimes. Opinion.

Intersectional myths ended the black-Jewish alliance

Black pastors are pressuring President Joe Biden to save Hamas because they identify with “oppressed” Palestinian Arabs who launched a genocidal war, not a drive for civil rights. Don't they know that? That is a morally bankrupt position. Op-ed.

Fight for MLK Jr.’s ideas and defeat DEI

The tragedy of the holiday is that it, like the civil-rights leader’s legacy, has been hijacked by woke ideologues who threaten American liberty and spread antisemitism. Op-ed.

Israel’s skeptics just don’t want it to win

Those who say it’s impossible to eliminate Hamas overestimate the terrorists and fail to understand the existential nature of this war.Op-ed

The problem is bigger than three college presidents

The woke ideologies that govern academia enable antisemitism that the heads of Harvard, Penn and MIT refuse to say breaks rules.Op-ed.

Hamas atrocities explode the two-state myth

The US may finally be prepared to let Israel defeat the Islamist terror group. But we will not allow a Palestinian state after that. Op-ed.

The dark side of Israel’s ‘democracy’ debate is out in the open

The disruption of a public Orthodox prayer service in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur cannot be excused. Op-ed.

Is it racist to prioritize freedom from terror?

The U.S. State Department condemned recent comments by Itamar Ben-Gvir. But that is not the real problem. Op-ed.

A monolithic media, essential to the left, imperils democracy

As in the US, Israel’s mainstream media favor the left, so they’re trying to crush pro-Netnayahu Channel 14. Op-ed.

US Jewry’s dangerous intervention in an Israeli culture war

U.S. organizations opposition to judicial reform isn’t defending democracy, but showing contempt for Israel's Jewish majority. Op-ed.

Who are the real modern-day Zealots?

The battle over Israeli judicial reform can’t be settled by faux piety about unity. Politicized Tisha B’Av sermons won’t save Israel. Op-ed.

Herzog’s duty is to stand with Israel’s elected government

If on his Washington visit, Herzog publicly distances himself from Netanyahu, it will be a bebetrayal of his office. Op-ed.

Netanyahu’s still in charge. Can Biden say the same?

The president’s latest shot at the Israeli government as “extreme” is hypocritical and inaccurate. Op-ed.

Op-ed:

America is still worth fighting for

The civilizational struggle in which the left has cast the US as an irredeemably racist nation holds important stakes for the Jews. Op-ed.

New book:

The story behind the battle to move the US embassy

Farley Weiss and Leonard Grunstein disscuss their new book: 'Because It’s Just Right'

The answer to campus radicalism and antisemitism? Defunding

A CUNY Law School graduation speech drew attention to the Jew-hatred in academia on the public’s dime. There must be accountability.Op-ed.

Joe Biden’s empty words about antisemitism

Bden's tribute to Jewish heritage featured a pledge against hate undermined by DEI orders and refusal to mention the IHRA definition.Op-ed.

The New York Times’ unethical war on hassidic schools

The 18-part assault on yeshivas says more about the decline of journalistic ethics than it does about any alleged academic failings. Op-ed.

Tucker Carlson’s fall isn’t so good for the Jews

He took many questionable stands. But those who rightly see woke DEI ideology as a threat to Jewish life aren’t cheering his ouster, Op-ed.

What type of representative does Israel need?

PM's consideration of unabashed advocates, one a JNS columnist, for a top job is recognition that tepid diplomacy won’t cut it anymore.Op-ed

Op-ed:

The perils of politicizing Jewish philanthropy

As the judicial reform issue heats up, the umbrella group of Jewish Federations is intervening in Israeli politics. That's a mistake.Op-ed/

Why boycotts of Israel are never kosher

A call to reconsider investing in Israel because of judicial reform, although not exactly BDS, validates anti-Zionist lies. Op-eds.

Op-Ed

A ‘resistance’ coup just defeated Israeli democracy

A false narrative may achieve its goal of toppling Netanyahu, the consequences for future governments and U.S.-Israel relations are ominous.

Demonizing Kohelet won’t silence calls for judicial reform

A think tank is attacked by Netanyahu opponents who focus on political power but not the ideas that put reform on the national agenda.Op-ed.

Op-ed:

Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers

Jews who rioted following terror murders were condemned. But why does the Biden administration still tolerate Palestinian terrorism? Op-ed.

How worrying is the far-right’s ‘Day of Hate’ stunt?

An Internet announcement is troubling, but Jews cowering in response and the mainstreaming of antisemitism by media is the real problem.

Anti-Bibi resistance wants Americans to thwart Israeli democracy

Some writers & publications aren’t just gaslighting the world about judicial reform. They’re also playing into hands of Israel’s foes.Op-ed.

The Ilhan Omar vote is a turning point for American Jews

Partisan split on booting Omar from committees illustrates the normalization of anti-Zionism.Op-ed.

Americans shouldn’t be swayed by the Israeli left’s freakout

The apocalyptic rhetoric about Netanyahu’s government and judicial-reform is about thwarting democracy, not protecting it. Op-ed.

Op-ed:

Is Israel really threatened by Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount gambit?

Worries about results are real. But denying Hamas a veto over Jerusalem and asserting Jewish rights also brings benefits. Op-ed.

Can US Jews love the real Israel - or only the fantasy version?

Most Americans don’t like the Jewish state’s new government. But it still deserves their support against those who work to destroy it.Op-ed.

The anti-Bibi resistance is playing with fire

A false narrative about the new government’s extremism, spread by Lapid and left-wing rabbis, will aid the cause of anti-Zionists. Op-ed.

The top 10 Jewish stories of 2022

Antisemitism, Bibi, Ben-Gvir, Zelenskyy and Trump, owned the headlines in a year of twists and some names that just don’t go away. Op-ed.

Can J Street still get away with pretending to be ‘pro-Israel’?

The left-wing lobby’s conference showed the group is irrelevant to Middle East realities and is also at war with Israel's interests.Op-ed.

Op-ed:

Don’t apologize for Ben-Gvir or anything else about Israel

Claiming Netanyahu’s government will make life hard for Diaspora Jews ignores what motivates Zionism’s foes and other anti-Semites. Op-ed.