A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
First presidential debate
Although the first Romney vs. Obama faceoff on Wednesday dealt with domestic policy, the idea of the two men matching wits brought out some strong feelings on a raneg of topics, including their policies towward Israel. “Overall, Israel’s standing in the US today is at an all-time high. Yet, the Democratic Convention spotlighted the emergence of a hostile anti-Israeli component of the party which threatens to undermine the long-standing bi-partisan support of Israel exemplified by the standing ovations Netanyahu received during his May 2011 address to Congress,” ” target=”_blank”>said Alexander Levkovsky in the Canadian Free Press.
Bibi takes the UN…
“When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled out a cartoon drawing of a bomb during his speech to the 67th United Nations General Assembly Debate on Sept. 27, the world laughed. But I didn’t,” ” target=”_blank”>added a Jewish Week editorial. And that's worth taking seriously, no doubt. There's ” target=”_blank”>the face of a popular meme. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (or should I say Bib E. Coyote?) had a lot of people worldwide holding their stomachs with laughter as he held his Looney Tune ACME bomb above the UNGA podium,” ” target=”_blank”>said Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic.
Texas prison
A jailed Jewish man in Texas has asked authorities to provide him with kosher meals, ” target=”_blank”>said a Beaumont Enterprise blogger. “If Jewish prison cuisine is designed to kill the criminal as quickly as possible, one wonders how someone in an American jail could claim to have a religious need for kosher food. Can the American taxpayer really be expected — in the name of liberalism and understanding — to be more tolerant of of this so-called religious requirement than the rabbis who codified the laws would have been?” ” target=”_blank”>helping the Jewish Council for Education and Research with “Wake the F– Up” to rouse Obama supporters to the polls. “It screens like a political ad, but Jackson’s (and ultimately Little Suzie’s) profane interventions just might jolt voters/viewers out of their apathy and their nonplussed malaise – unfortunate results of the political fatigue that the current election cycle has been so adept at producing,” ” target=”_blank”>said Ronn Torossian at The Algemeiner.
