Beth Israel Congregation Rabbi Benjamin Russell and Congregation President Zach Shemper expressed gratitude for the ...
We live in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” said Beth Israel Congregation's leader. “We just have to be grateful for the ...
Throughout the service, little mention was made of the suspect who confessed to the arson, Stephen Spencer Pittman, a 19-year-old resident of a suburb of Jackson who told the FBI that he had targeted ...
Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson has received support from churches and Jews all over the country, and has seen a revival ...
Jackon's Beth Israel synagogue, damaged by arson last weekend, has been a source of pride to the city — at the same time it's ...
A week after an arson fire at Mississippi's oldest synagogue, Rachel Myers, a leader of the congregation's religious school, talks about how the congregation is doing and about this weekend's services ...
Beth Israel was also bombed in 1967 by the Ku Klux Klan. Artifacts that survived bombing were lost in the weekend fire.
Almost 60 years ago, the KKK bombed Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi. Decades later, a new attack has the ...
In the early morning hours of January 10, fire tore through Beth Israel Congregation, Mississippi’s oldest synagogue and a spiritual home that has anchored Jackson’s Jewish community for more than 160 ...