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">https://www.politico.com/news/2021...

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">https://www.jpost.com/american-...

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/SamuelSok...

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

I& #39;d be very interested in the views of @FinkelmanYoel and @alanabbey who are the experts on American Jewish media (I highly recommend @FinkelmanYoel& #39;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">https://www.amazon.com/Strictly-...

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& #39;ve shared this piece a lot, I& #39;m gonna share it again because it discusses the commonalities between Trumpist and Orthodox views of the news media and it feels like it& #39;s relevant to this issue https://www.cjr.org/first_person/trump-jerusalem.php">https://www.cjr.org/first_per...

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& #39;s worth listening to what they have to say

And speaking of orthodoxy, Trumpism and the media, I& #39;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">https://www.jta.org/2018/11/2...

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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