This is the Forward’s coverage of synagogues, Jewish houses of worship.
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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 Fire at Mississippi’s largest synagogue under federal investigation after arrest
The Ku Klux Klan attacked the same synagogue in 1967 for its involvement in the civil rights movement
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Opinion 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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News ‘From a shtetl to a diaspora’: After the fire, a Palisades synagogue forges through a year in exile
One year after the Palisades fire, Kehillat Israel's congregants — and its rabbis — await their return home
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News She helped rescue the Torahs from their burning synagogue. A year later, the congregation is thriving.
One year after a wildfire destroyed its building, the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is recovering without losing members — or momentum
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News A new bill would ban protests near synagogues. Is that legal?
The proposal would ban demonstrations within 25 feet of houses of worship
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News Synagogue protests have shocked NYC and LA. This Michigan congregation has faced them for 22 years
At Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, protests have become a weekly reality
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Fast Forward NYC synagogue protest leads to a new bill, and a rally by Jewish groups outside Park East shul
A rally Thursday on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and new legislation aim to counter chants and threats at a recent protest outside Park East Synagogue
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