Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson has received support from churches and Jews all over the country, and has seen a revival ...
A Torah carried from Europe by Gilbert Metz, Mississippi’s only Holocaust survivor, survived a fire at Beth Israel ...
Members of the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson are picking up the pieces after an anti-Semitic arsonist allegedly set ...
The flames that tore through Beth Israel Congregation destroyed Torah scrolls at Jackson’s only Jewish sanctuary.
It has been truly, legitimately an overwhelming feeling of being supported,” said Abram Orlansky, who has been working with ...
What was once a place of worship filled with precious objects packed with meaning now sits in heavy layers of dark soot, ...
Each and every Holocaust survivor alive today is a miracle of our time. And since Hanukkah is a time for celebration and remembering the miracles of the past, organizations throughout South Florida ...
“We will not only survive, we will thrive,” the congregation’s student rabbi and spiritual leader, Benjamin Russell, told his ...
A former fellow at the Institute for Southern Jewish Life recalls the dynamic community at the Mississippi synagogue damaged ...
The support Beth Israel has received from Jackson churches better reflects the Jewish experience in Mississippi than the ...
Almost 60 years ago, a hate group bombed Beth Israel Congregation. Decades later, a new attack has the congregation ...