Jeff Jacoby

by Jeff Jacoby

Book review of When They Come For Us, We'll Be Gone, by Gal Beckerman.

by Jeff Jacoby

When a tragedy like the one in Tucson strikes, most of us would do well to keep silence.

by Jeff Jacoby

For Jews and Muslims tension and hostility are the exception. America's exemplary tolerance is the rule.

by Jeff Jacoby

Reason alone is not enough to keep human beings humane.

by Jeff Jacoby

Tell the Sept 10 people that the war against radical Islam is far from over.

by Jeff Jacoby

Orwell's warning is more urgent than ever.

by Jeff Jacoby

Genocide denial must be intolerable, above all to those for whom "never again" is a sacred principle.

by Jeff Jacoby

Religious inquiry and scientific investigation can complement each other.

by Jeff Jacoby

Denial is a luxury we cannot afford.

by Jeff Jacoby

Iran's intentions are nakedly, malignantly clear. What is not clear at all is what the civilized world will do about it

by Jeff Jacoby

The real insult to Islam is the violence, terror, and bloodshed that Islamist fanatics unleash in the name of their religion

by Jeff Jacoby

"Where was God in those days?" asked the pope. Here's a possible answer.

by Jeff Jacoby

Irving's opinions are vile, and his arguments about the Holocaust are ludicrous. But he doesn't belong in prison.

by Jeff Jacoby

Today the censors may be coming for some unfunny Mohammed cartoons, but tomorrow it is your words and ideas they will silence.

by Jeff Jacoby

Eighty years ago, the thought controllers wanted no Darwin; today's thought controllers want only Darwin.

by Jeff Jacoby

The pope's legacy to the Jews.

by Jeff Jacoby

What was the worst thing about Auschwitz?

by Jeff Jacoby

Kofi Annan is a symptom of the UN's sickness.

by Jeff Jacoby

New research shows that Harvard, like other elite institutions, was largely unmoved by the early horrors of the Hitler regime.

by Jeff Jacoby

Some Jews fought the Nazis with guns and sabotage; others fought by persisting in Jewish life.

by Jeff Jacoby

After an international adoption process that dragged on for nearly two years, the day Micah finally came home was one of the happiest our family has known.

by Jeff Jacoby

When civilized nations fail to rise up against the Jew-haters in their midst, it is often just a matter of time before the Jew-haters in their midst rise up against them.

by Jeff Jacoby

Gas chambers. Poisoned food. Torture. Families murdered en masse. How much more do we need to know about North Korea's crimes before we act to stop them?

by Jeff Jacoby

There will be no justice for Iraq's former ruler.

by Jeff Jacoby

For 3,500 years, Jews have been telling their children and the rest of the world the most revolutionary message in human history.

by Jeff Jacoby

Finding gratification in the suffering of another isn't sport. It's sadism.

by Jeff Jacoby

Explaining the war -- and Passover -- to a six-year-old.

by Jeff Jacoby

The choice of one of the world's most repressive tyrannies to head the UN's main human rights body was a textbook illustration of the way the UN works.

by Jeff Jacoby

Diplomacy played a shameful role in paving the way for the Holocaust. But there were a few diplomats who displayed extraordinary moral courage.

by Jeff Jacoby

A smug little group of Norwegian politicians continues to show disturbingly bad judgment in choosing the Nobel Peace Prize recipients.

by Jeff Jacoby

The president of Harvard speaks out against the spread of anti-Semitic actions on elite campuses.

by Jeff Jacoby

In the war against terror, our moral clarity is as indispensable as our Special Forces and our F-16s. Let us resolve not to lose it.

by Jeff Jacoby

Revisiting a painful and, alas, timely issue: Should people watch the gruesome video of Daniel Pearl's brutal murder?

by Jeff Jacoby

Intelligence is no guarantee of goodness.

by Jeff Jacoby

People are not our greatest liability; they are our greatest asset.

by Jeff Jacoby

Hanukkah is anything but the "Jewish Christmas."