US EditionGovernment and Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Beth Israel Attack
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John Horhn, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, declared Sunday that a "fire" had been "produced" in the Beth Israel Congregation, a reformist synagogue and the city's only Jewish house of worship, dating back to 1860.Read more]]>
Government and religious leaders speak out against Beth Israel attack
Government and religious leaders speak out against Beth Israel attack JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Tonight, the city of Jackson along with local and national leaders in the Jewish community are speaking out against the act of violence carried out at the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson – the state’s oldest synagogue. One suspect has been arrested in connection to this attack. As of now, the name and identity of the suspect remains unknown. Jackson…
Miami, Jan 11 (EFE).- Authorities arrested on Sunday the suspect of setting fire this Sunday, in a possible anti-Semitic act, the largest synagogue in Jackson, capital of Mississippi, a temple known in the south of the United States for having suffered an attack by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because his rabbi supported civil rights. The fire occurred at 3:00 local time (9:00 GMT) in Beth Israel Temple, where firefighters extinguished fire moments …
Authorities arrested the suspect of setting fire, in a possible anti-Semitic act, to the largest synagogue in Mississippi, in the United States.
SPLC Condemns Arson of Jackson’s Only Synagogue – Jackson Advocate
JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) unequivocally condemns the firebombing of Beth Israel Synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi that occurred on Saturday, Jan. 10. This appears to be an act of religious hatred intended to terrorize a community of faith, and it must be named as such. “We stand firmly with the Mayor of Jackson and with the entire Jackson community in rejecting violence in all forms. Our community will not be intimi…
El Confidencial
Proceso DigitalThe authorities have arrested the alleged perpetrator of the fire registered this Sunday in the largest synagogue in Jackson, capital of Mississippi, in a possible anti-Semitic attack. Beth Israel Temple, a referent in the south of the United States, was already targeted by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 for the support of his rabbi to the civil rights movement.The fire began at 3:00 local time (9:00 GMT).The firefighters succeeded in stifling it shor…
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