US EditionJewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Condemns Antisemitism After Mississippi Synagogue Fire
The fire damaged the synagogue’s office, library, and several Torah scrolls; officials arrested a suspect and continue investigating possible motives and hate crime classification.
- On Jan. 10, 2026, a fire broke out around 3 a.m. Saturday at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, and the Jackson Fire Department Arson Investigation Division arrested a suspect.
- The Beth Israel Congregation is Jackson's oldest synagogue and was honored on the Mississippi Freedom Trail for its civil rights role, after the Ku Klux Klan bombed it nearly 60 years ago.
- Photos show a charred administrative office and library, ruined Torahs, soot, broken glass at entryways, and melted plastic hanging from a security camera.
- Jackson Mayor John Horhn said, `'acts of antisemitism' will be treated as acts of terror,' condemning the attack and supporting rebuilding efforts,
- Federal and local investigators including the FBI and ATF are working the case, with the Jackson Police Department leading the probe and plans to rebuild underway after no congregants were injured.
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An intentional fire damaged Jackson's only synagogue; the suspect was found with burns and the case was left in the hands of federal authorities.
One subject set fire, in a possible anti-Semitic act, to the largest synagogue in Jackson, the 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 its rabbi supported civil rights.The fire occurred on Sunday, January 11, at 3:00 a.m., local time, where firefighters extinguished fire moments later, but the flames destroyed parts of the synagogue, where the FBI,…
Suspect Arrested After Fire Damages Historic Mississippi Synagogue
Congregants and leaders vowed to rebuild a historic Mississippi synagogue that was heavily damaged by fire and an individual was taken into custody for what authorities said Sunday was an act of arson. The fire ripped through the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday, authorities said. No congregants were injured in the blaze. Photos showed the charred remains of an administrative office and synagogue library, wher…
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh condemns antisemitism after Mississippi synagogue fire
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh said it is standing with the community of Jackson, Mississippi, after an individual was arrested in connection with a fire set at the state's largest synagogue.
Mississippi synagogue burned in arson attack, suspect in custody
A suspect was in custody Saturday after an apparent arson attack set a Mississippi synagogue ablaze, destroying Torahs and prompting an investigation involving the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.The blaze broke out shortly after 3 a.m. at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, the state's largest synagogue. No congregants were injured, officials said.Photos from the scene showed severe damage to an administrative office and the synagogue’s…
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