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Jeff Jacoby

Jeff Jacoby is a columnist for The Boston Globe. To see a month's worth of his recent columns, please visit Boston Globe

Boston Aftermath

Boston Aftermath

by Jeff Jacoby

The resilience of American liberty is not about to change.


Europe's Hezbollah Cowardice

Europe's Hezbollah Cowardice

by Jeff Jacoby

Have Europeans still not figured out that while terrorists start by killing Jews, they rarely end with them?


Preventing Another Massacre

Preventing Another Massacre

by Jeff Jacoby

Good laws will never abolish all evil.


Ulysses S. Grant & the Jews

Ulysses S. Grant & the Jews

by Jeff Jacoby

When General Grant expelled the Jews.


Thanking the Invisible Hand

Thanking the Invisible Hand

by Jeff Jacoby

Thanksgiving weekend is made possible by a vast number of strangers. Don’t take it for granted.


Escape from Camp 14

Escape from Camp 14

by Jeff Jacoby

Shin is the first person born and raised in a North Korean monstrous slave-labor prison to escape and tell his harrowing tale.


The Third Jihad Kerfuffle

The Third Jihad Kerfuffle

by Jeff Jacoby

A second look at the controversial documentary.


Thanksgiving: Making Americans

Thanksgiving: Making Americans

by Jeff Jacoby

Growing up, raising kids to be good Jews went hand-in-hand with raising them to be good Americans.


9/11: Launching the War of Ideas

9/11: Launching the War of Ideas

by Jeff Jacoby

Radical Islam could be weakened by deploying the moral force of liberal democracy and equality.


David Beckham's Baby Girl

David Beckham's Baby Girl

by Jeff Jacoby

The Beckhams gave birth to their fourth child. Are they bad role models?


A Ban on Circumcision?

A Ban on Circumcision?

by Jeff Jacoby

The San Francisco initiative is an assault on Jewish religious liberty.


Itamar Massacre

Itamar Massacre

by Jeff Jacoby

What sort of human being deliberately butchers a sleeping baby?


Saving Soviet Jewry: A Retrospective

Saving Soviet Jewry: A Retrospective

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Egypt & the Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt & the Muslim Brotherhood

by Jeff Jacoby

There should be no room at the table for the Muslim Brothers.


Tucson: Voices of Patience and Wisdom

Tucson: Voices of Patience and Wisdom

by Jeff Jacoby

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


The Islamophobia Myth

The Islamophobia Myth

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Good without God

Good without God

by Jeff Jacoby

Reason alone is not enough to keep human beings humane.


The Undeniable Jewish State

The Undeniable Jewish State

by Jeff Jacoby

Recognizing Israel as the Jewish state is the critical litmus test.


U.S. - Israeli Ruckus

U.S. - Israeli Ruckus

by Jeff Jacoby

The fight is pointless. Israel has every right to build homes in its own capital.


Flight 253's Wake-Up Call

Flight 253's Wake-Up Call

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Why are Americans so Pro-Israel?

Why are Americans so Pro-Israel?

by Jeff Jacoby

Four reasons that put Americans sharply at odds with the rest of the world.


1984 + 60

1984 + 60

by Jeff Jacoby

Orwell's warning is more urgent than ever.


The Triumph of Chanukah

The Triumph of Chanukah

by Jeff Jacoby

Chanukah was established to commemorate the very opposite of cultural assimilation.


Can Intellect Replace Morality?

Can Intellect Replace Morality?

by Jeff Jacoby

Intelligence is no guarantee of goodness.


The Silence of God

The Silence of God

by Jeff Jacoby

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


A Factory for Death

A Factory for Death

by Jeff Jacoby

What was the worst thing about Auschwitz?


Man of Science, Man of Faith

Man of Science, Man of Faith

by Jeff Jacoby

Religious inquiry and scientific investigation can complement each other.


Diplomats of Uncommon Courage

Diplomats of Uncommon Courage

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.


A Timeless Argument about Creation

A Timeless Argument about Creation

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Hezbollah Wins

Hezbollah Wins

by Jeff Jacoby

Israel is still paying for its defeat.


The Fitna Controversy

The Fitna Controversy

by Jeff Jacoby

Facing the truth about jihadist violence.


How Arafat's Gunmen Suppress the News

How Arafat's Gunmen Suppress the News

by Jeff Jacoby

Suppressing news by threatening reporters with violence or death is one of the dirty little secrets of Middle East journalism.


Hooked on a Cruel Sport

Hooked on a Cruel Sport

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Is Israel a Jewish State?

Is Israel a Jewish State?

by Jeff Jacoby

The key to Arab-Israeli peace is to compel the Arab world to abandon its dream of liquidating Israel.


Truth and the Armenian Genocide

Truth and the Armenian Genocide

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Avoiding the M-Word

Avoiding the M-Word

by Jeff Jacoby

Denial is a luxury we cannot afford.


Six Days To Remember – Accurately

Six Days To Remember – Accurately

by Jeff Jacoby

Don't believe the latest in revisionist history.


Indict Ahmadinejad

Indict Ahmadinejad

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


Conversations with the Enemy

Conversations with the Enemy

by Jeff Jacoby

Iran and Syria are as much our enemies today as the Nazi Reich was our enemy in an earlier era.


The Missing Muslim Outcry

The Missing Muslim Outcry

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Loving Your New Brother

Loving Your New Brother

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.


A Nation like Ours

A Nation like Ours

by Jeff Jacoby

Why the American consensus in support of Israel is deep-rooted and durable.


David Irving and Freedom of Speech

David Irving and Freedom of Speech

by Jeff Jacoby

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


We Are All Danes Now

We Are All Danes Now

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.


Arafat the Monster

Arafat the Monster

by Jeff Jacoby

He left this world peacefully, unlike the thousands of victims he sent to early graves.


Jewish Values for a Secular World

Jewish Values for a Secular World

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.


UN Scandal (Yawn)

UN Scandal (Yawn)

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Tell Your Children_

Tell Your Children_

by Jeff Jacoby

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


Abandoning Gaza Won't End Terrorism

Abandoning Gaza Won't End Terrorism

by Jeff Jacoby

The Hatuels opposed Ariel Sharon's proposed Gaza pullout because they understood that unilaterally surrendering land to Hamas and the PLO could only result in more terror and bloodshed, not less.


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