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He’d Been Life-Expectancy Maxxing and Testosterone Optimizing. He Ended Up Burning Down a Synagogue. How ...

Slate 22 Jan 2026
Before he committed a hate crime, the 19-year-old arsonist had been life-expectancy maxxing and testosterone optimizing ... .
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‘Strong’ Jew-hatred in US south behind arson attack on Mississippi synagogue, historian says

The American Israelite 22 Jan 2026
Library at Beth Israel Congregation, a Reform synagogue in Jackson, Miss., which was damaged in an arson attack on Jan ... (JNS) — Two attacks at a synagogue in Jackson, Miss., some 60 years apart, had the same root.
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A man pleads not guilty to setting fire to Mississippi synagogue

Image Messenger-Inquirer 21 Jan 2026
The man accused of setting fire to a Mississippi synagogue has pleaded not guilty to a federal arson charge. Stephen Spencer Pittman is accused of setting fire to the historic Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson. At a hearing Tuesday, a ... .
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CAM Weekly Antisemitism report – Synagogues attacked by arsonists in the US and Germany

The Jerusalem Post 21 Jan 2026
This marks the latest cases of a growing trend of antisemitic hatred manifesting as physical acts of violence ....
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Cuyahoga County weighs $2M loan to redevelop Mendelsohn synagogue into Oberlin College arts campus

Cleveland 21 Jan 2026
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OhioCuyahoga County is considering a $2 million loan to help transform a former synagogue in Cleveland Heights into a regional hub for visual and performing arts, anchored by Oberlin College’s first satellite campus ....
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Salter - Echoes: Mississippi has a precedent for the senseless arson of Beth Israel synagogue

The Clarksdale Press Register 21 Jan 2026
Nearly sixty years ago, during the civil rights upheaval, members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed synagogues in Jackson and Meridian ... https.//www.pressregister.com/echoes-mississippi-has-precedent-senseless-arson-beth-israel-synagogue-69712e6751870.
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Echoes: Mississippi has a precedent for the senseless arson of Beth Israel synagogue

Image Mississippi Business Journal 21 Jan 2026
Nearly sixty years ago, during the civil rights upheaval, members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed synagogues in Jackson and Meridian.
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Deborah Lipstadt has second thoughts about tying Jackson synagogue arsonist to ‘Globalize the Intifada’

Image Sun Sentinel 21 Jan 2026
As news broke of an arson attack that heavily damaged the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, a few prominent individuals connected the culprit to pro-Palestinian activism ... (“Synagogue of Satan” ...
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Swastikas painted on synagogue in Bulgaria

Virtual Jerusalem 20 Jan 2026
The post Swastikas painted on synagogue in Bulgaria ...
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Swastikas painted on Bulgaria synagogue

Virtual Jerusalem 20 Jan 2026
Unidentified individuals spray-painted swastikas on a synagogue in ...
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