Arson at Jackson synagogue jolts Institute of Southern Jewish Life, but its mission persists
Serving 70 congregations across the South, the nonprofit takes stock of its legacy after the fire
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Fast Forward More than 8,500 people have donated to support Mississippi synagogue damaged in arson attack
The president of Beth Israel in Jackson, Mississippi, carried his congregation’s story to major synagogues in New York and Florida as support continues to pour in nationwide
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Antisemitism Decoded How an ‘all-American boy’ became a Mississippi synagogue arson suspect
There was little warning that Stephen Spencer Pittman, who police arrested for arson, was poised to strike Jackson’s lone synagogue
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Opinion 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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