Jan. 6 protester Jake Lang renounced his Judaism to court the far right. It isn’t working.
The latest row over Lang’s Jewish heritage comes as far-right influencers increasingly clash over the Iran war
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Like the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, the perpetrators of the Kapp Putsch escaped punishment and accountability
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Opinion Four years after Jan. 6, pardons for rioters would be an insult — and threat — to Jews
If pardoned Jan. 6 rioters return to promoting antisemitism, that’s on Trump
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Fast Forward Judge sentences former Jewish Press editor to 4 months for his role Jan. 6 Capitol breach
Elliot Resnick will begin serving his sentence in Otisville, a New York prison with many Orthodox Jews, after the High Holidays
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Opinion The Israeli far-right just committed their own Jan. 6
Israeli extremists rejected laws, accountability and democracy in their efforts to break into IDF bases
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Culture Talmudic wisdom holds Trump to a higher standard than the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court just granted Trump presidential immunity, but the Talmud held leaders to a higher standard
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Fast Forward Elliot Resnick, former Jewish Press editor, pleads guilty to Jan. 6 felony
The prosecution and the defense agreed to recommend a sentence of 8-14 months
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