LONG READS → DAY OF RECKONING Issue 844 · January 13, 2021

Gone Missing

We can only begin to decipher the disturbing scenes of Wednesday’s lethal raid on the Capitol by asking the right questions: What allowed these events to morph from the unthinkable to reality?

Gone Missing
Photos: AP Images


Photos: AP Images

On Wednesday January 6, crowds of Trump supporters — fully convinced that the election had been stolen and urged to take it back for their president — stormed the nation’s Capitol, bringing bloodshed, mayhem, and shock.

Where does the GOP go from here? With the Trump era at a sudden and shattering end, how can the party find new leadership and continued relevance?

What’s waiting in Washington for America’s Orthodox Jewish community, where many are approaching the next four years with trepidation?

And what messages do those disturbing images of extremism and violence hold for us as observant Jews?

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