Thread by @SamuelSokol, This is appalling (but knowing the Jewish Press, not particularly shocking)https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/08/identifying-capitol-january-6-479757?fbclid=IwAR3H1grGvV_2VwqFBmqmrnW_p2-vV17_Ucbi6UhH6sfGbCVB5b

This is appalling (but knowing the Jewish Press, not particularly shocking) https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/08/identifying-capitol-january-6-479757?fbclid=IwAR3H1grGvV_2VwqFBmqmrnW_p2-vV17_Ucbi6UhH6sfGbCVB5b_AGR2-5jg

This Trump backer defended the Jan. 6 riot in print — without mentioning he was in the Capitol

Elliot Resnick is top editor of the Jewish Press, whose website says it’s been “politically incorrect long before the phrase was coined.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/08/identifying-capitol-january-6-479757?fbclid=IwAR3H1grGvV_2VwqFBmqmrnW_p2-vV17_Ucbi6UhH6sfGbCVB5b_AGR2-5jg

The Jewish Press is not the only New York Jewish paper to get into hot water in connection with the Capital Riot https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/nyc-jewish-newspaper-stirs-outrage-with-photo-glorifying-capitol-riots-655246

NYC Jewish newspaper stirs outrage with photo ‘glorifying’ Capitol riots

In the picture, Gila Jedwab, a "Five Towns Jewish Times" columnist, is seen standing outside the Capitol building with the rioters in the background smiling broadly and with her hands outstretched.

https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/nyc-jewish-newspaper-stirs-outrage-with-photo-glorifying-capitol-riots-655246

But it must be said that these two incidents are not representative of the American Jewish press in general. Far from it.

But it is definitely representative of a certain tendency toward extremism among right-wing orthodox and ultra-orthodox publications https://twitter.com/SamuelSokol/status/1379755458907496448?s=20

https://twitter.com/SamuelSokol/status/1379755458907496448?s=20

I'd be very interested in the views of @FinkelmanYoel and @alanabbey who are the experts on American Jewish media (I highly recommend @FinkelmanYoel's book Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy https://www.amazon.com/Strictly-Kosher-Reading-Contemporary-Post-Modern/dp/1618110020

Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy (Jewish...

Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy (Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society)

https://www.amazon.com/Strictly-Kosher-Reading-Contemporary-Post-Modern/dp/1618110020

And while I know that I've shared this piece a lot, I'm gonna share it again because it discusses the commonalities between Trumpist and Orthodox views of the news media and it feels like it's relevant to this issue https://www.cjr.org/first_person/trump-jerusalem.php

The Trump effect spreads to Jerusalem

When Donald Trump descended his golden escalator one fateful morning in June 2015, I had no idea how much it would affect my social and professional life, more than 9,000 kilometers away. I had grown...

https://www.cjr.org/first_person/trump-jerusalem.php

I quoted both @alanabbey and @FinkelmanYoel in the article in the preceding tweet and, as always, it's worth listening to what they have to say

And speaking of orthodoxy, Trumpism and the media, I'm also gonna share this piece again about how I quit my synagogue over attacks on the media https://www.jta.org/2018/11/26/israel/im-reporter-left-synagogue-attacks-media

I'm a reporter. I left my synagogue because of attacks on the media. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Israelis say they don't trust the media -- but also can't get enough of it.

https://www.jta.org/2018/11/26/israel/im-reporter-left-synagogue-attacks-media

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