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After years of positive coverage of Donald Trump, some Orthodox publications condemned the violence at the Capitol but declined to blame it on the president. (Illustration by Grace Yegel)
JTA On January 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 Nassau County on Long Island, ran a photo of one of its columnists posing triumphantly in front of a sea of protesters.
“5TJT columnist Dr. Gila Jedwab joined the Save America protest in Washington DC on Wednesday. She returned to New York before the violence broke out,” the caption read.
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 Nassau County on Long Island, New York, ran a photo of one of its columnists posing triumphantly in front of a sea of protesters.
“5TJT columnist Dr. Gila Jedwab joined the Save America protest in Washington DC on Wednesday. She returned to New York before the violence broke out,” the caption read.
Reaction was swift and angry. By Friday afternoon, two local Orthodox synagogues were refusing to allow the paper in their buildings because it appeared to glorify the day’s events. On Sunday, the editor of the 5 Towns Jewish Times had apologized for running the photo, saying it spread “a terrible damaging message.”