Think Twice with Jonathan Tobin

Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin argues that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a consequence of President Joe Biden’s disastrous retreat from Afghanistan and attempts to appease Iran.

He’s joined by Commentary magazine editor John Podhoretz who discusses how recent events had “vindicated neo-conservatism” by reminding us of the dangers of American weakness abroad. He and Tobin also discuss what enabled former President Donald Trump to choose to pursue a historic pro-Israel policy shift and how the left’s turn against parental rights and in favor of silencing the view of opponents has led them to “stop gaslighting” and “pull back the curtain” on their anti-democratic objectives.

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin says the greatest threat to free speech is intolerant woke progressives who are determined to silence anyone who disagrees with them. But he points out that the left’s hijacking of the word “liberal” on behalf of illiberal causes isn’t just destroying open public discourse.

He’s then joined by guest Karen Lehrman Bloch, the editor of White Rose Magazine, who explained that she founded the new journal to defend the principles of “classical liberalism,” after they came under renewed assault from leftists during the Black Lives Matter riots in the summer of 2020. She says her goal is to just promote free discourse but also to uphold the basic principles of the Western canon and aesthetics about the importance of beauty against those trying to destroy them.

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses the plague of media disinformation and hypocrisy that is eroding democracy and fueling anti-Semitism. He’s then joined by KeepJerusalem.org’s Chaim Silverstein who discusses his efforts to reclaim Jewish property in the Shimon Hatzidik and Nahalat Shimon neighborhoods of Jerusalem.

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses how outrage about the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to confusion about Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán and whether his “illiberal” nationalism is really antithetical to democracy or the defense of the Jewish community.

He’s then joined by JNS columnist Ruthie Blum to break down the latest news about Palestinian terrorism, the American hijacking of the Israeli-Arab states summit, the dangers from a new Iran nuclear deal and attitudes toward the war in Ukraine and the Hungarian election.

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses the impact of American weakness and appeasement of Iran and how even the alliance of Israel and Arab nations who gathered in a historic summit this week can’t make up for this betrayal.

He’s then joined by journalist Ben Weingarten to break down the latest about Ukraine, the administration’s inability to define American national interests and how this is leading to certain disaster with Iran as well as the collapse of media integrity and the way the far left is taking over the Democratic Party.

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses the new respect given to nationalism amid the wave of sympathy for Ukraine and why Zionism is just as deserving of support. He also analyzes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to the Knesset and says his attempt to pressure Israel to intervene in the war and falsification of the history of the Holocaust were unpersuasive.



He’s then joined by columnist Melanie Phillips who breaks down the latest about Israel and Ukraine, the hostile attitude of the Biden administration and the latter’s determination to push ahead with a new round of appeasement of Iran even if it means giving Russia a means to evade the sanctions meant to halt its aggression.

Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin analyzes how concern for Ukraine is sweeping aside other considerations that should be determining policy for the United States and is also being used to justify selling out Israel with another Iran nuclear deal. He’s then joined by Newsweek opinion editor and legal scholar Josh Hammer to discuss the meaning of the virtue-signaling about Ukraine, what’s really going on in Hungary with the Orban government, the dangers posed by critical race theory indoctrination, and the need to reboot American conservatism to become one more rooted in promoting the common good and the national interests of the United States.

Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses why Americans should care about Ukraine and the new axis of evil it has formed with China and Iran. He’s joined by columnist Karol Markowicz to discuss the conflict from the perspective of a child of Russian and Ukrainian Jewish parents, whether Americans have the bandwidth to care about this or any other foreign affairs issue for long. She then discusses her reporting and an upcoming book about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as well as wokeness on children and education.

Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses why the mainstream media can’t be trusted to tell the truth about the Biden administration’s appeasement of Iran. He’s then joined by journalist Eli Lake who analyzes the reasons why Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating the crisis with Ukraine, the decline of support for a strong American foreign policy and the Biden foreign policy team’s belief in the nuclear deal with Iran is nothing less than a cult and why that’s so dangerous for the United States, Israel and the Arab states.

Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses the Ukraine crisis and the decline of American influence as well as the connection to appeasement of Iran. He’s then joined by journalist Caroline Glick who discusses the failures of the Biden administration and the current Israeli government and the way she believes they are endangering the West and the Jewish state.