This week in power: Biden, Lapid budget, Poland, Oklahoma cleanup

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

Biden's comments
Vice President Joe Biden talked on Tuesday night at a Jewish American Heritage Month event where he ” target=”_blank”>pointed out Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine. It's probably best not to bring it up.

Money issues
After Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid took away $100 million from yeshivas that were being paid by taxpayers, ” target=”_blank”>according to The Jerusalem Report. But he does have one thing going for him, ” target=”_blank”>according to reports. And Jewish groups that are seeking restitution are doing everything they can to get their due. Poland sits as the only European country that does not offer private property restitution to Holocaust survivors and their families. While these groups rally to recoup at least some of the losses, others are grappling with issues of ” target=”_blank”>annual Department of State report. Anti-Semitism in particular grows in Venezuela, Egypt, and Iran. During the announcement, Secretary of State John Kerry appointed a new special envoy on anti-Semitism, Ira Foreman. The position has been around since 2004, and Foreman worked to recruit Jewish voters for President Obama ahead of the past election. “Of course it is a sad statement that in the 21st century, the United States requires a high-level post to deal officially with anti-Semitism,” ” target=”_blank”>volunteer with the efforts to help those displaced by the tornado in Oklahoma City this week. “We are numb with grief, and yet inspired by the heroic resilience of the people of Oklahoma,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said. Others are sending love