Opinion Seth Rogen Exposed an Irreconcilable Difference Between Israel and the Diaspora
The American Jewish problem with Israel is not what it does, but what it is
Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS.org and a contributor to National Review. Follow him on Twitter at: @jonathans_tobin.
Opinion Why Never Trumpers Bill Kristol and The Lincoln Project Won’t Ever Mention Israel
Viral ads by two Never Trump groups, the Lincoln Project and Bill Kristol’s Republican Voters Against Trump, get rave reviews. But they're far less effective than they seem - not least among Jewish Trump voters
Opinion The Day the New York Times Redefined ‘Liberal’ as ‘Closed-minded Outrage Mob’
When Senator Tom Cotton is branded more uniquely offensive than Putin, Erdogan, Ahmedinejad, Maduro or the Taliban, the NYT’s pro-Israel Jewish conservatives are on borrowed time
Opinion Pro-Israel Jews Will Still Vote Trump. Even When He Promotes anti-Semites and Holocaust Deniers
25 percent of U.S. Jews are convinced the president is their best friend. There is nothing Trump could do or say, short of bombing Israel, that would change their mind
Opinion Evangelicals Trying to Convert Jews: A Fair Price for Christian Support for Israel?
A new Israeli TV channel targeting Jews for conversion to Christianity has triggered tumult even among evangelicals’ most dedicated Jewish friends. But one 'controversy' won’t wreck the Christian-Jewish alliance on Israel
Opinion Coronavirus Deals a Deadly Blow to Jewish Newspapers. Here's Why It Matters
Jewish weeklies were the glue that held Diaspora communities together. Their demise will be felt in every aspect of Jewish life
Opinion Israel, Beware the Wrath of Trump
Israel's right-wingers and religious nationalists are hurrying to change West Bank facts on the ground because they're betting Trump is distracted by coronavirus now and loses in the fall. They're playing with fire
Opinion In Italy’s Coronavirus Crisis, the Elderly Are Left to Die. Will Trump Let America Follow?
Jewish tradition and mainstream America sanctify and honor the elderly. But the Trump administration has no coherent ethical position about how older people will be treated in a coronavirus health care crisis
Opinion AIPAC Supporters May Have the Last Word About Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders’ attacks on the pro-Israel lobby play well with his left-wing base. But the Democratic establishment could make him pay
Opinion AIPAC Must Stop Bernie Sanders – at All Costs
'Never Bernie' AIPAC now sounds a lot like a pro-Trump caucus, not a bipartisan pro-Israel lobby. But it has no choice
Opinion Trump's Peace Plan Means Settlements Are Permanent. Democrats, Get Used to It
Even when Democrats hold the White House again, they won't be able to reverse the core terms of Trump's Middle East peace plan, and U.S. leverage over Israel will have diminished. This is why
Opinion Trump Has Come Out as a Neocon on Iran – and Tucker Carlson Can't Stand It
Carlson has lost his self-declared role as the Trump whisperer on Iran, signaling how far the GOP's isolationist wing is losing control of Trump’s foreign policy
Opinion Most U.S. Jews Don’t Care About anti-Semitic Violence Against the ultra-Orthodox
The muted response to the string of attacks in NYC shows that mainstream U.S. Jewry is indifferent to Haredim and hesitant to condemn those who target them
Opinion The pro-Trump Racists and anti-Semites Who Could Bring Down Trump – and American Conservatism
The 'graduates' of the Charlottesville neo-Nazi march are repositioning themselves to infiltrate American conservatism. And the White House is silent
Opinion For pro-Palestinian Activists on U.S. Campuses, the Holocaust Is Cancelled
Denounce Zionism, or we'll downgrade the Holocaust: That's the message of the Benedictine College activists who tried to bully a Holocaust survivor into backing their campaign
Opinion Can Trump, Evangelicals and Right-wing Jews Really Relate to a post-Netanyahu Israel?
Will the U.S. president lose interest in an Israel no longer headed by a populist honorary Republican? What about Trump's most ardent supporters, and his Mideast 'peace team,' so deeply invested in Netanyahu staying in office?
Opinion If Bret Stephens' 'Nazi Bedbugs' Are Gross, How Are You OK With 'Trump Is Hitler'?
The NYT columnist proved he was just as whiny and thin-skinned about criticism as his bte noire, Donald Trump. And he showed that the anti-Trump camp just can't stop cheapening the Holocaust for political gain
Opinion On Iran, Trump Is Shoving Israel Out Into the Cold
Trump's apparent pivot towards the 'America First' isolationism of Rand Paul and Tucker Carlson is a bitter shock for his Jewish and evangelical donors and supporters - and for Netanyahu
Opinion Trump's Soft Spot for anti-Semites Is Now a Big Problem for His Jewish Fans
When pro-Israel Trump invites an alt-right, anti-Semitic cartoonist into the White House, even if he's belatedly ditched, Jewish supporters have to face an unpleasant truth about the president
Opinion If Democratic Candidates Cosy Up to Radical anti-Zionist Jews, They Can Kiss the 2020 Elections Goodbye
If Democratic hopefuls encounter a radical pro-Palestinian group which rejects Jewish sovereignty and two states, they should ignore them, right? Let's see their response to IfNotNow, which intends to heckle, bait and entrap those candidates on the campaign trail
Opinion Pompeo’s Promise to Protect U.K. Jews From Corbyn Was Shocking, Foolish - and Morally Perfect
When Pompeo committed to 'pushing back' against Corbyn it wasn’t just another Trump administration stumble. The U.S. cannot be indifferent to an anti-Semite coming to power - and nor should any other Western state
Opinion Trump Won't Give Netanyahu the West Bank as a Reelection Gift. Because of Iran
The most settler-friendly president ever won't let the Israeli right's dreams of annexation scuttle a regional alliance against Iran. And there's nothing the Christian right can do about it
Opinion Why Does Rashida Tlaib Keep Campaigning for Donald Trump?
Tlaib's 'calming feeling' about the Holocaust is just the latest gift Democrats in Congress have handed the president on Israel and anti-Semitism
Opinion Far-right Extremists Are Killing Jews in America. Not Donald Trump
Liberal U.S. Jews fear Trump as much as far right shooters. That's illogical, foolish and damaging
Opinion Netanyahu? Gantz? Who Would American Jews Vote for in Israel’s Elections?
Despite what Trump may think, U.S. Jews can't vote in Israel's elections. But if they could, the political chasm between them and most Israelis - from peace to pluralism to Jewish nationalism - would be laid bare for all to see
Opinion Cleared of Collusion With Russia, Trump Can Now Collude Shamelessly With Netanyahu
Netanyahu is breathing a sigh of relief: Now Trump is free to campaign for him, joining a long line of U.S. presidents who've interfered in Israel's elections. The only downside is what Trump will expect in return
Opinion Ilhan Omar and the Democrats' Dilemma: Punish anti-Semitism, or Appease It, Corbyn Style
Right now, the Democratic Party isn’t morally equivalent to U.K. Labour’s anti-Semitism run wild. But if they don’t draw a firm line in the sand, if they rely on whataboutism, if they decide condemning anti-Semitism 'privileges' Jews – the signs are ominous
Opinion Will AIPAC Boo Netanyahu?
Netanyahu still thinks he'll get a rousing reception at AIPAC, even after his deal with the Kahanist devils. He's probably right. But the applause hides deep concern that he’s boosted the Democratic drift away from Israel
Opinion Republicans Spoke Up Against Steve King. Shouldn’t Democrats Speak Up Against Ilhan Omar?
It’s getting harder to label radicals like Ilhan Omar, pro-BDS and hostile to Israel, as marginal to the Democratic Party. Days after the GOP neutralized Steve King’s Congressional influence, the Democrats elevated Omar’s
Opinion When the Liberal Mob Targets Catholics and Evangelicals, It's Bad News for Jews
The eager attacks on 'racist' Covington Catholic students and 'homophobic' Karen Pence is yet more proof that America's liberals are tolerant of everything but religious faith. When Orthodox Jews are targeted, what will liberal Jews do?