Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan S. Tobin is Senior Online Editor of Commentary magazine with responsibility for managing the editorial content of the website as well as serving as chief politics blogger. From January 2009 to April 2011, he was executive editor of the magazine.
Prior to coming to Commentary, Tobin was editor in chief of the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. His writing has appeared in the New York Post, the Jerusalem Post, the Weekly Standard, the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today and many other publications.
Over the course of his career, he has won more than 50 journalism awards for commentary, editorial writing, and arts criticism. He has been named the top columnist and editorial writer for Jewish newspapers in North America several times, as well as the top weekly columnist and editorial writer in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. In 2006, he received the unique distinction of being named both the best editorial columnist and the best arts critic in Philadelphia by the Society of Professional Journalists.
He has lectured on campuses and to organizations around the country and has appeared on CNN, FOX News Channel, the FOX Business Channel, the BBC, PBS, Pacifica and numerous other media outlets.
Recent Blog Posts
- Don’t Ignore Olmert’s Lesson in Futility, May 24 2013
- Weiner’s Wife Is the One to Watch, May 24 2013
- Don’t Forget About Scott Walker, May 24 2013
- Obama Can’t Have It Both Ways on Terror, May 24 2013
- No Hypocrisy in Opposing Disaster Pork, May 22 2013
- Will the Middle Class Save Weiner’s Career?, May 22 2013
- Re: Doesn’t Know Math But Can Count to Five, May 22 2013
- What the White House Really Thinks, May 22 2013
- Doesn’t Know Math But Can Count to Five, May 21 2013
- The Scandals and ObamaCare, May 21 2013
