This week in power: Cruz rises and Stanford fracas

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

Cruz campaigning
“Ted Cruz loves Orthodox Jews — and they love him back,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Ronn Torossian at JP Updates.

But be warned, ” target=”_blank”>alleges that the panel asked her about her Jewish identity, and her views on divestment, would affect her decisions. “We are alarmed at the university administration’s blatant misconduct in this process, and we expect that Stanford will correct the situation immediately. We believe that the only reasonable remedy is an entirely new review for SJP’s divestment request, from which Weinstein should recuse herself. We eagerly await the administration’s response — we want to help Stanford end its complicity in the suffering of and violence against Palestinians as soon as possible,” ” target=”_blank”>said Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in The NEw York Observer.