How one MS Baptist church, Beth Israel synagogue share a rich history

Churches from around the area reached out to the congregation to offer their up their facilities for the congregants, while ...
The Forward on MSNOpinion

What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond

When Beth Israel Congregation was dedicated in Jackson, Mississippi, in the summer of 1875, the occasion was marked with a ...
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Mississippi synagogue arson recalls our long history of resilience

The arson of a synagogue in Mississippi recalls incidents from the Torah and from throughout our history, writes.
Southeast Missourian

Spaces and Places Column: B'Nai Israel Synagogue

Dr. Steven J. Hoffman, Ph.D., coordinator of the Historic Preservation Program at Southeast Missouri State University, discusses the significance to the region's history of the B'Nai Israel Synagogue ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

After synagogue arson, Jackson’s Jews find solidarity, and complexity, at interfaith prayer service

We live in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” said Beth Israel Congregation's leader. “We just have to be grateful for the ...
The Forward on MSNOpinion

An arsonist torched a Mississippi synagogue. It feels hauntingly familiar.

A rabbi who served The Temple in Atlanta, bombed in 1958, reflects on arson at a Jackson, Miss. synagogue — and how history ...