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  What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond

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  Trump’s new Gaza plan marks a radical break from Israeli policy — can it succeed?

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  The synagogue means something special to Southern Jews — which makes the Mississippi arson that much darker

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  For southern Jews, the Mississippi synagogue firebombing rekindles memories of exile and endurance

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

  The fire at Beth Israel echoes a long history of synagogue attacks, including the 1958 bombing of The Temple in Atlanta

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