Jonathan S. Tobin

Who is Jonathan S. Tobin?

Jonathan S. Tobin is the senior online editor of Commentary, a neo-conservative monthly magazine covering politics, international affairs, Judaism and social, cultural and literary issues.

Tobin was executive editor of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia from 1998 through 2008.

He is a frequent commentator on domestic politics, Israel, and Jewish affairs. His syndicated weekly column, “View from America,” appears in The Jerusalem Post. Tobin lectures widely across the United States on college campuses and to Jewish organizations and synagogues, and has appeared on CNN, BBC Radio, FOX News, and local network affiliates to discuss politics and Jewish issues.

Blogger Luke Ford has called Tobin “the most right-wing editor of a Jewish weekly in the US,” but according to Tobin, “I lost my credentials as a real right-winger any number of times because I've taken stands on issues they disagree with. I've taken shots at the right consistently when I think they're wrong. More consistently than when my colleagues on the left take shots at the left."

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