A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
Post-blast Bulgaria
“We used to convene without a shred of fear in the Jewish community’s buildings,” ” title=”http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/national-news/high-alert-olympics-and-maccabi-games” target=”_blank”>reportedly raising the terrorism assessment ahead of Friday’s opening ceremonies. Many are worried across the globe. “The aura of terrorism will grow. There will be new martyrs for the jihadist scrapbook. More streets to name in Jenin and Nablus. More posters for the walls of Gaza City and Tehran. Brave resistors. Liberating the land. Fighting the occupation. Striking a blow for Islam. One dead Jew at a time,” ” title=”http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/239511-the-facts-about-the-jewish-vote” target=”_blank”>said a Hill report. “I am confident that President Obama shares our values and I shall confidently vote for him in November,” ” title=”http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/24/us-usa-campaign-jewish-vote-idINBRE86N05I20120724″ target=”_blank”>keep that support in place. “But Romney sees an opening in the administration’s failure to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians,” ” title=”http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=157180395″ target=”_blank”>us vs. them” tensions emerging with secular Germans and religious minorities. This was in the wake of a German court in Cologne that ruled against non-medical circumcision. “It is hard to contest that as a fact – harm it is, wielded by a practitioner skilled in the arts of foreskin removal,” ” title=”http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4260068,00.html” target=”_blank”>said Manfred Gerstenfeld at YNetNews. “The important influx into Germany of Jews during the past decades gives many Germans a feeling that, despite the war past, democracy is functioning. A partial Jewish exodus because of a possible prohibition of circumcision is therefore far more problematic for Germany than for any other European country.”
Summer camp story
An ” title=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-weiler/daily-caller-camp-kinderland_b_1686985.html?utm_hp_ref=media&ir=Media” target=”_blank”>said Jonathan Weiler at The Huffington Post. “Now that I think about it, there was a disproportionate amount of red in the tie-dye. And if the quality of athletics on display was any indication of our physical preparedness to serve our country in the future, then it’s possible we were a budding threat to national security,” ” title=”http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/158209#.UA9hY2FrOJp” target=”_blank”>according to reports. She’s just 22, a law student, and taking on Democratic State Sen. Kevin Parker. Her lack of experience is made up for by her values and morals, according to her much-trafficked and scrutinized website. “I can tell you one thing, I have no experience in corruption,” said Meyer. Not everyone is laughing. “In all seriousness, it takes a lot of courage to run for office and I’m not entirely sure Meyer is any less qualified than the rest of the illustrious legislators in Albany based simply on her platform,” ” title=”http://heebmagazine.com/mindy-meyer-makes-the-ny-state-senate-race-more-jewish-and-pink/37608″ target=”_blank”>said Mark Dommu at Heeb. Is that enough to run on?
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