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Ep. 104: Kim Strassel & The Failure of the Biden Presidency Aug 03, 2023

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Has any President ever failed so thoroughly domestically and internationally as Joe Biden?
In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin talks with the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel, author of the new book, "The Biden Malaise: How America bounces back from Joe Biden’s Dismal Repeat of the Jimmy Carter Years".
They discuss

Comparing and contrasting the circumstances and policies of the Carter and Biden administrations
How culture wars are NOT the way to win the presidency and were not why people loved Donald Trump
Could another Ronald Reagan exist again and would he even win?

Ep. 103: Richard Landes: A biased press is legitimizing blood libels against Jews Jul 27, 2023

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Four toxic elements are coming together to create a rising tide of antisemitism.
In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discusses the factors fueling a rising tide of antisemitism around the globe with scholar Richard Landes, author of the book "Can The Whole World Be Wrong? Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism and Global Jihad."
They discuss:
- The intertwining of far-left ideology and Islamist worldview
- How the media has paved the way for lies and propaganda to enter the mainstream

Ep. 102: Alyana Meisel: American Jews should diffuse the fire, not intervene Jul 20, 2023

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In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discussed the debate over judicial reform in Israel as well as the way American intervention in the controversy – both from the Biden administration and from U.S. Jews — Aylana Meisel, the founder of Tikvah Fund Israel’s Law and Liberty Forum.

Ep. 101: William Jacobson and Why the ADL just defends discrimination against Asians? Jul 06, 2023

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Why have liberal Jewish groups protested the Supreme Court decisions that favor religious freedom and meritocracy?
In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discussed the hypocrisy of liberals who support the independence of Israel’s out-of-control Supreme Court but want to impeach the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. He also spoke with law professor and LegalInsurrection.com founder William Jacobson about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions on affirmative action, free speech and curbing the power of the executive to cancel student loans.

Ep. 100: Farley Weiss and Len Grunstein: The Jews are the Indigenous People of Israel Jun 22, 2023

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Has this crucial aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict been left out of the discussion?
In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin spoke with Farley Weiss and Leonard Grunstein, the authors of a new book about the battle to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Because It’s Just Right: The Untold Backstory of the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.

Ep. 99: The Failure and Cowardice of Jewish Leadership w/ Charles Jacobs & Avi Goldwasser Jun 15, 2023

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Why is the US Jewish Establishment focused on causes that have so little to do with Jews? Has the Jewish leadership betrayed the Jewish community?
In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin spoke with Charles Jacobs and Avi Goldwasser, editors of a new collection of essays titled Betrayal: the Failure of American Jewish Leadership to discuss these issues.

Ep. 98: Liel Leibovitz: Israeli Judicial Reform is an Existential Crisis Jun 08, 2023

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In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin spoke with Tablet Magazine’s Liel Leibovitz who argues that the battle over Israeli judicial reform is an “existential crisis” and not just a political dispute about Netanyahu or the Supreme Court. Is Israel to be a Jewish state or a state for the Jews?
They also discuss a recent article penned by Leibovitz in which he described the rise of woke ideology about race and especially sex and gender as a new form of “paganism.”
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Ep. 97: Heather Mac Donald: The Black Lives Matter movement is a complete, utter fraud Jun 01, 2023

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Are the policies of equity, diversity quotas and defunding the police really helping Black people?
In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin discussed the new secular religion of anti-racism and the woke catechism of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) with Heather Mac Donald, author of the new book, "When Race Trumps Merit: How The Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty and Threatens Lives".

Ep. 96: How the left weaponizes loneliness May 24, 2023

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In this week’s episode of Top Story, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin talks with columnist Stella Morabito about her new book “The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our Fear of Isolation to Silence, Divide and Conquer”.
Morabito outlines how the pandemic highlighted the way isolation could induce Americans to abandon their belief in individual rights. Was this an isolated incident? Are there other examples where ideologues have used isolation and the fear of being canceled to get society to conform? Is there a pattern that is repeating itself?

Episode 95: Biden's weakness has driven Iran & Saudi Arabia to China May 18, 2023

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President Joe Biden may have come into office as a purported foreign policy expert but according to JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin he’s maintained his streak of being wrong on every issue for the last half-century.
Tobin is joined by Hudson Institute scholar Michael Doran to talk about the far-reaching consequences of Biden's weakness.

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