Robert Leikind

Director, American Jewish Committee Boston

Open, respectful debate ... would place this complexity on full display.

But we also know that there is no better protection against the prejudices of an unruly mob than the right to freely respond.

Don't Choose Comfort Over Free Speech

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With the liberation of Europe ... the remnants of a once robust European Jewry were freed from unrelenting terror. Now it has returned.

ISIS Takes Aim At Europe

Today, Jews across Europe are watching to see how their political leaders respond to this historic challenge.

Are Jews Safe In Europe Today? 

Pictured: Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Lody van de Kamp, right, and Labor Party Muslima Fatima Elatik, left, wait for the start of a gathering where Jews and Muslims commemorated the victims and relatives of the recent terror attacks during a gathering of the Salaam-Shalom organization in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (Peter Dejong/AP)