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Fire at Mississippi’s largest synagogue under federal investigation after arrest

JL;DR SUMMARY Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, the state's largest synagogue, suffered significant damage from a suspected arson attack that is currently under federal investigation. 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 CommunityFbi InvestigationArsonBeth Israel CongregationCommunal ResilienceJacksonMississippiSynagogue Fire

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States
"The lobby of Beth Israel Congregation was damaged in a fire on Jan. 10 in Jackson, Mississippi."
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
"Rabbi Valerie Cohen, who led Beth Israel from 2003 to 2014 and is now at Temple Emanuel Sinai in Worcester, Massachusetts, said the echoes between past and present were impossible to miss."

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