A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
RIP Benzion Netanyahu
Netanyahu, whose son Binyamin is the Prime Minister, ” title=”http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/benzion-netanyahu-s-death-researching-the-past-predicting-the-future-1.427396″ target=”_blank”>said Ari Shavit in Haaretz. And we can learn a thing or two from him, ” title=”http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=17116″ target=”_blank”>survey has Obama with 61 percent of the Jewish vote and Mitt Romney at just 28 percent. Respondents said overall that they preferred Democrats ahead of Republicans on every issue posed. Jewish Americans have to weigh their religion with their patriotism. “Collaborationists who have put their ideas into practice universally suggest that associating with Christian conservatives has made them more Jewish, not less,” ” title=”http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/jews-to-face-new-challenges-in-post-elections-france-1.426488″ target=”_blank”>said Richard Prasquier at Haaretz. Socialist candidate Francois Hollande took the first round of the presidential election, an election that will resume May 6. “Some voices in the French Jewish community have suggested that a Jewish voice be heard in the National Front,” ” title=”http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/01/once-the-detroit-tigers-were-a-jewish-team-anti-semitism-delmon-young-hank-greenberg/” target=”_blank”>said Jonathan S. Tobin in Commentary. Maybe this angry man can use the time off, ” title=”http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403786,00.asp” target=”_blank”>according to reports. “Google is vulnerable to this sort of lawsuit. The world ‘esroc’ doesn’t qualify as pornographic, violent, hate speech, or promoting copyright infringement – it simply harms a reputation. Nevertheless, Google had to pay a fine and remove it,” ” title=”http://www.geekosystem.com/france-sues-google-autocomplete/” target=”_blank”>said Eric Limer at Geekosystem. “The real issue here is that France has laws that explicitly outlaw the compilation of ‘ethnic files’ so whereas it may just be distasteful to compile a list of celebrities by religion in the U.S. or elsewhere, it is illegal in France.”
