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This week in power: Second debate, Fightfight averted, Silverman spat, Jewish Grindr

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October 18, 2012

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Debate #2
“Jewiest debate ever,” ” target=”_blank”>said Ruth R. Wisse in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. But he still has his supporters: “our president is a man of vision and strong character, integrity and faith. His values are Jewish values. They’re American values. We need his values in the White House for four more years,” ” target=”_blank”>pundits say that Romney stressed his major campaign points during the second debate, which includes his standing behind Israel. And then there's the issue of the meddling Israeli prime minister. “If Netanyahu's gamble doesn't pay off he's going to have to deal with a White House that already does not hold him in high regard and where his clumsy meddling in U.S. politics has done much damage to his influence in Washington, and that is bad for Israel,” ” target=”_blank”>more critical. “Romney hasn’t yet done anything tangible for Israel other than make it harder for the country to remain a bipartisan cause – while Obama has a proven record of support that can’t be refuted.”

Sherman vs. Berman
Rep. Brad Sherman and Rep. Howard Berman got into it at a debate last Thursday in California, but despite what some of media coverage implied ” target=”_blank”>a Berman spokesman told the L.A. Daily News.

Letter to Silverman
Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt penned an open letter in The Jewish Week criticizing comedian Sarah Silverman for her vile comments about Mitt Romney and the election. In his letter, ” target=”_blank”>contributions that Silverman has made to both the American people and to the Jewish community. “Just because you disagree with someone’s politics doesn’t mean you know their character, or have the right to demean it,” ” target=”_blank”>argued a Heeb blogger. “It’s an absolutism of authenticity  in which orthodoxy is the sole model of a Jewish life. Any deviation, and you’re automatically in stark contrast to, what is in effect, Zero-Sum Judaism.” That's not what we stand for.

How Jews meet Jews
Having a hard time finding a match? Look no further than a new iPhone app called Yenta. Similar to the popular app Grindr, this one ” target=”_blank”>said Ben Yakas at Gothamist. “However, seeing as how it’s been 20 minutes since I downloaded Yenta, and no one’s so much as offered me a bite of their knish, I’ll stick to striking out with the Jewesses the old-fashioned way: At synagogue,”

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