Tobin’s Take
How we defeated Leila Khaled
Jonathan TobinOct 01, 2020
For those who hate Jews, it’s a disaster. The ability of Jewish organizations to organize effectively and then persuade Zoom, YouTube and Facebook to deplatform a...
Krug’s modern-day minstrel show
Jonathan TobinSep 10, 2020
Great imposters are the lifeblood of “stranger than fiction” stories that are hard to resist. Tales of troubled people who find it difficult to live life in their...
How to help a failed state?
Jonathan TobinAug 13, 2020
Last week’s disaster in Beirut epitomizes everything that is wrong with Lebanon. But we didn’t have to wait for an investigation into the explosion at the Beirut...
When a family is divided by politics
Jonathan TobinJul 30, 2020
Few things are sadder than when a family is divided by politics. But when it happens because of outside pressure and false accusations that threaten to destroy the...
Anti-Semitism, from Twitter to the Times
Jonathan TobinJul 09, 2020
Ours is a time when anti-Semitism is surging, and the popularity of intersectional politics has given new credibility to radical groups that are keen to link the war on...
Jews of color: a debate rages
Jonathan TobinJun 11, 2020
For those who follow it, Jewish demography has always been a contact sport. But when it comes to the question of how many “Jews of color” are there really in the US,...
The HIAS legacy faces the 21st century
Jonathan TobinApr 30, 2020
One of the unfortunate sidebars of the fight that broke out during the course of the selection of a new lay leader for the Conference of Presidents of Major American...
PA must focus on virus, not anti-Semitism
Jonathan TobinApr 17, 2020
Three weeks ago, something highly unusual happened. The UN praised Israel. The cause for this remarkable exception to the general rule of the world body’s...
The implications of communal shut-down
Jonathan TobinMar 19, 2020
For many Jewish communities in the US, this was the week when synagogues were abandoned. In an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, houses of worship were...
What is Israel’s ‘Joint Arab List’?
Jonathan TobinMar 12, 2020
Winning the most votes in Israel’s latest election was a triumph for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party. But it wasn’t enough to end the yearlong...
