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This week in power: Government gaffe and German court

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February 12, 2015

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

Obama reaction
During a recent interview with Vox, President Obama ” target=”_blank”>wrote Jonathan Chait at New York magazine.

What to make of this small, but telling, saga? “I assume this ghastly episode will be walked back, but the peek behind the curtain cannot be forgotten,” ” target=”_blank”>added James Kirchick at The Daily Beast.

Court stand
“A prominent Jewish group has criticized a court in western Germany for concluding that two men who firebombed a synagogue weren't anti-Semitic,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote James Kirchick in The Daily Beast. This is just the

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