Historic Mississippi Synagogue Torched in Arson Attack, Suspect Arrested

 https://www.newsweek.com/historic-mississippi-synagogue-torched-in-arson-attack-suspect-arrested-11342545

The attack on Beth Israel Congregation—Mississippi's largest synagogue and Jackson's only one—comes amid escalating antisemitic incidents nationwide and targets the same house of worship the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights, the Associated Press reported. The deliberate nature of the attack has heightened concerns about religious violence, particularly as Jewish congregations in Pittsburgh, the San Diego area, and Colleyville, Texas, have faced attacks in recent years.