A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
Romney’s Florida win
Mitt Romney gained a new head of steam with his win in the Florida primary on Tuesday thanks in part to the state’s large Jewish population. But hold up before accepting that as the sole reason, ” title=”http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/01/the-fight-for-floridas-jews.html” target=”_blank”>said Alex Koppelman at The New Yorker, since Jews everywhere tend to vote Democratic in general elections. That doesn’t stop Jews from investing heavily in the elections, though, ” title=”http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/romney_rapped_for_kosher_cut_UCfv1rYHxrr1CgIP2OPyRO” target=”_blank”>according to The New York Post. Newt Gingrich seized on it and pointed to Romney’s insensitivity to the Jewish people’s needs. “Mind you, for Gingrich’s last, desperate stand, it seemed a long shot that many Republican voters in Florida would care that in the course of cutting the Medicaid budget (something they of course love), some Jews in Massachusetts had to have kosher meals brought in rather than prepared in their nursing homes,” ” title=”http://www.ltlmagazine.com/blogs/patricia-sheehan/pork-gets-political-nursing-homes” target=”_blank”>said Patricia Sheehan at Long-Term Living.
‘New Jews’
Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache of Vienna is ” title=”http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/120130/austria-right-wing-ball-holocaust-day-Heinz-Christian-Strache” target=”_blank”>the Global Post reported. Officials are urging Stache to apologize for his remarks.
Super Bowl Sunday
Who should you root for on football’s biggest night? This year’s teams have some ” title=”http://www.jewishjournal.com/sports/article/jews_in_super_bowl_history_20120131/” target=”_blank”>footsteps of the past. Both teams’ owners give you ” title=”http://www.njjewishnews.com/article/8139/jews-for-giants#.TyoWvMVrPZd” target=”_blank”>joked Ron Kaplan in the New Jersey Jewish News.
Prime minister show
The granddaughter of the late Yitzhak Rabin is the creator of a new Israeli show called “The Prime Minister’s Children.” ““The most interesting thing about being the daughter or son of a prime minister is the price you pay, willingly. In a normal family, in your teens, your mission is to rebel, but here, at that crucial stage, you defend your father. In politics you are a soldier of a political camp, and above all you are loyal,” ” title=”http://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/well_versed/huh_israeli_west_wing” target=”_blank”>said The Jewish Week’s Eric Herschthal. “The fictional P.M. the show follows is a right-wing conservative, worried about his own political survival above all.” A far cry from reality.
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