It’s the oldest synagogue in Mississippi, a thriving religious center that served Jackson’s small but vibrant Jewish community for more than half a century.

Stephen Spencer Pittman was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive.

A suspect was arrested after a fire at Jackson’s only Jewish synagogue as Mayor John Horhn condemned the blaze as an “attack ...

Beth Israel was also bombed in 1967 by the Ku Klux Klan. Artifacts that survived bombing were lost in the weekend fire.