What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond
The history of Beth Israel is marked by violence, and by profound communal efforts at repair
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Fast Forward Deborah Lipstadt has second thoughts about tying Jackson synagogue arsonist to ‘Globalize the Intifada’
By prematurely suggesting that an arson attack was linked to pro-Palestinian activism, the former antisemitism envoy highlighted the broader challenge of confronting bigotry from across the ideological spectrum
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News Jewish creators made a satirical cartoon. Then the Mississippi synagogue arson suspect shared it
The suspect shared a clip from the defunct Comedy Central cartoon 'Drawn Together'
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News The Holocaust Torah that survived a Mississippi synagogue fire was brought there by the state’s only survivor
Gilbert Metz, the state’s only Holocaust survivor, brought the Torah to Beth Israel decades ago
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Opinion The synagogue means something special to Southern Jews — which makes the Mississippi arson that much darker
To strike at a small community synagogue is to strike at Jewish life as a whole
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Culture The Mississippi synagogue arson suspect has a Christian fitness site. Here’s what that tells us
The alleged arsonist's Christian-influenced fitness program reveals what ideas may have influenced him
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News Synagogue arson suspect posted satirical antisemitic cartoon on day of the attack
What we know about Stephen Spencer Pittman, who faces federal charges for the attack on Beth Israel Congregation
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Fast Forward Mississippi fire suspect called the temple a ‘synagogue of Satan’
Stephen Spencer Pittman was charged on Monday in the attack on Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson
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