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Jan. 6 protester Jake Lang renounced his Judaism to court the far right. It isn’t working.

JL;DR SUMMARY Jake Lang, a Jan. 6 protester and aspiring far-right figure, has publicly renounced his Jewish heritage in an attempt to align with Christian nationalist and white supremacist ideologies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityJewish HeritageChristian NationalismWhite SupremacyExtremismFar RightNick FuentesJanuary 6Jake Lang

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New York City, New York, United States
"Instead, after Langs anti-Muslim rally in New York City earlier this month was derailed by bomb-throwing counterprotesters, they ramped up a campaign against him."
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
"In November, after Lang staged another anti-Muslim protest in Dearborn, Michigan, photos circulated online of him holding a bar mitzvah certificate with his name on it at the Western Wall in Jerusalem."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In November, after Lang staged another anti-Muslim protest in Dearborn, Michigan, photos circulated online of him holding a bar mitzvah certificate with his name on it at the Western Wall in Jerusalem."

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