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

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

Lang spent four years in federal custody in Washington, D.C., after being charged for allegedly beating a police officer with a bat during the Jan. 6th Capitol protest. By Grace Gilson, JTA Jake Lang has burned a copy of the Talmud, performed a Nazi salute outside AIPAC’s headquarters and repeatedly declared that “Christ is King.” But those antisemitic displays have not earned him an in with his fellow far-right personalities. Instead, after Lan…