This week in power: Netanyahu fallout and UCLA student

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

How'd Netanyahu do?
After Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech before Congress last week, pundits chimed in to figure out what kind of lasting impact the speech might have. “But there is a clear difference between what the administration seeks and what Netanyahu envisions. Obama has in mind a decent deal that may actually come to pass. Netanyahu has a better one, which won't,” ” target=”_blank”>said Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone. “Netanyahu's commitment to warning America about a nuclear Iran has given him the opportunity to explain just how devoid of merit the prospective deal is,” ” target=”_blank”>rejected Rachel Beyda from joining the council’s Judicial Board. Word quickly spread it was because of her Jewish heritage. By the time the coujncil thought better of its decision and welcomed Beyda aboard, the story had gotten out. “No student—no person—should ever have to experience what Beyda experienced. But this particular brand of bigotry won't end until it is called out for exactly what it is: anti-Semitism,” ” target=”_blank”>recent flareups related to antisemitism. “It can be an isolating experience wading through all of the social and mass media reports about the terrors at UCLA right now. But ultimately, they remind us of the need for competent, strong, and open-minded voices that can temper hate and bring us back to a place of tolerant coexistence,”