Jonathan Tobin, editor in chief of JNS, the Jewish News Syndicate

Jewish People & Ideas: Conversations with Jewish Thought Leaders

Jonathan Tobin is an American journalist and editor in chief of JNS.org, the Jews News Syndicate which provides news, opinions and analysis on Israel and the Jewish World for nearly 100 print newspapers and digital publications. He has a daily column on JNS and is also a contributing writing to the National Review, the New York Post, The Federalist, Haaretz, The Forward and many other publications. He lectures widely across the US, including college campuses and has appeared on CNN, the BBC, Fox News and many other TV and radio shows. In an interview for the New York Times he said, “My job as editor is talk about the things people are not willing to talk about.” This was my first remote conversation. Unfortunately there were some technical issues with the recording, but I cleaned most of it up. Jonathan and I discussed the relationship between American Jews and the state of Israel, the Kotel agreement, the rise of violent anti-Semitism in America, relations between Israel and America, anti-Zionism and much more.