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A flag reading “when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty” and bearing the logo of the Three Percenters on display amid the Washington rioting, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Tasos Katopodis-Getty Images)

California

Q&A: ADL sent a warning days before the Capitol riot

Joanna Mendelson is the Los Angeles-based associate director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, which monitors extremist activity, hate…
By Maya Mirsky Jan 14, 2021
Two women, one wearing a tallit, blow the shofar amid the Capitol rioting, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/Lloyd Wolf)

U.S.

Q&A: A Jewish photographer who captured the Capitol mob

When Lloyd Wolf heard the long blast from a shofar at the Jan. 6 Stop the Steal protest, the photographer was determined to find the source. He found two…
By Shira Feder, JTA Jan 14, 2021
The 5 Towns Jewish Times, which serves the Orthodox population of Nassau County, New York, received criticism when it featured on its front page a photo of one of its columnists at the Capitol on Jan. 6. (Screenshot)

U.S.

Conflict over Capitol mob coverage roils Orthodox Jewish news media

On Jan. 7, one day after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, the 5 Towns Jewish Times, a weekly newspaper catering to the large Orthodox community in…
By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 13, 2021
Munich during the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, in which Hitler and the early Nazi party attempted to overthrow the Weimar government. (Photo/Wikimedia-Bundesarchive CC BY-SA 3.0)

Bay Area

Lessons from Weimar Germany

Unlike scores of op-ed writers and political pundits four years ago, UC Berkeley Jewish history professor John Efron resisted early comparisons between…
By Gabe Stutman Jan 13, 2021
Supporters hold signs as President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP)

Politics

Some Republican Jews say Trump must fully exit stage to rebuild party

Still reeling from last week’s insurrection at the Capitol, top Jewish Republicans are showing some division over whether to break from President Donald…
By Jacob Kornbluh, Forward Jan 12, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz speaks with House members during a joint session of Congress convening at the Capitol to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Erin Schaff-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)

Politics

AOC and Cruz fight over Holocaust analogies, reflecting wider rift

Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in a Twitter beef about the use and misuse of Holocaust analogies. The weekend’s exchange between the…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jan 12, 2021
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)

Analysis

ADL call for Trump’s ouster is a watershed for American Jews

The Anti-Defamation League’s call for President Donald Trump to be removed from office is not likely to lead to that result. But it is nonetheless a…
By Rob Eshman, Forward Jan 12, 2021
Sheldon Adelson (Photo/JTA-Mandel Ngan-AFP-Getty)

U.S.

Sheldon Adelson, megadonor to Israel and Republicans, is dead at 87

Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate whose philanthropy had an unparalleled influence on American and Israeli politics and Jewish causes, has…
By JTA Jan 12, 2021
Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock bump elbows on stage during a rally with President-elect Joe Biden outside Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta, Jan. 4, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jim Watson-AFP via Getty Images)

Politics

For Jewish Dems, Ossoff and Warnock are a heroic duo

Two days after his election to the Senate helped tip the balance of power in Washington, Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff found another historical echo in his…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jan 11, 2021
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