One person's terrorist may be another person's freedom fighter. Surely, Peter King knows that. The Long Island congressman essentially uses that argument as a defense when confronted by his own past support of the Irish Republican Army as it was bombing and terrorizing in the name of Irish freedom. more>

"It would be good for more Jewish kids to know Arabic better and maybe understand Islam better by understanding the language of Islam," says Steven Brown, head of the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pa. more>

Charity can be hard to swallow, especially for people who were formerly donors and are now on the other side of the soup kitchen line. Price gouging on Passover food only adds to the difficulty in maintaining tradition during hard economic times. more>

"We all need to hope that the combination of things [Obama’s] doing – things in the tax code, the stimulus bill, etc. – result in an economy that’s booming by 2011, when the tax changes would go into effect," said Simon Greer, president and CEO of Jewish Funds for Justice. more>

According to the reporter, previous attempts at engaging with the Muslim community have left some Jewish activists bruised and scarred by skepticism and harsh criticism from their fellow Jews. more>

The ethics of laying off employees are of general concern, but Jewish organizations face the additional burden of publicly representing Jewish ethics and values – a burden that many communal insiders say is too frequently ignored. more>