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Synagogue arson suspect posted antisemitic cartoon on day of the attack

Louis Keene in Forward · 13 Jan

Stephen Spencer Pittman, a 19-year-old from Mississippi, is charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to the Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson.

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Man charged with setting fire to Mississippi synagogue targeted it due to its ‘Jewish ties,’ FBI says

Grace Gilson in JTA · 12 Jan

A man named Stephen Spencer Pittman has been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Mississippi fire suspect called the temple a 'synagogue of Satan'

Louis Keene in Forward · 12 Jan

The historic Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, was set ablaze in a suspected antisemitic hate crime.

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Mississippi synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 is heavily damaged in arson

Asaf Elia-Shalev in JTA · 11 Jan

Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, was deliberately set on fire in what authorities are investigating as a potential hate crime.

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

Benyamin Cohen in Forward · 11 Jan

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.

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An arsonist torched a Mississippi synagogue. It feels hauntingly familiar.

Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin in Forward · 11 Jan

A recent arson attack on Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, which destroyed much of the historic synagogue, echoes a long and painful history of antisemitic violence in America and beyond.

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In flooded Jackson, a synagogue makes bat mitzvah disaster plans

Sarah Nachimson in Forward · 1 Sep 2022

Beth Israel Congregation, Jackson, Mississippi's sole synagogue, is adapting to ongoing water crises and extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.