Use jQuery in view update

I need to manipulate DOM with jQuery, when my model changes, but it seems the View is unaware of it.

view: defaultView.extend({
        init() {
          this.listenTo(this.model, 'change:model-twig-path', this.updateContent);
        },
        updateContent() {                        
          var twig_path = this.model.get('model-twig-path');
          var viewEl = this.el;

          request('http://localhost:8080/content/hr.json', function(err, response, data){
              request('http://localhost:8080/static/pharma-bio/views/blocks/' + twig_path, function(err, response, twig_template){
                var template = Twig.twig({data: twig_template});                    

                viewEl.innerHTML = template.render(data);
                //I'd like to use jQuery instead of innerHTML
              });      
          });                                 
        },
      }),