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A photo of Temple Israel in Michigan shows the heavy damage inflicted on the synagogue in an attack carried out on March 12, 2026. (Emily Elconin/Temple Israel via Facebook)
March 20, 2026, 3:47 am
A week later, Michigan synagogue targeted in attack releases photos of interior devastation
Images show uneaten snacks laid out in early childhood education room, left untouched amid the scenes of destruction; scorched ceilings and walls across the rest of the synagogue
By AP and Luke Tress
Staff gather during the ISJL's 2025 retreat. (Courtesy Michele Schipper via JTA)
March 7, 2026, 4:29 am
Jackson synagogue arson jolts, but doesn’t stop, a Jewish nonprofit serving the US South
The Institute of Southern Jewish Life takes stock of its legacy as it persists in its mission of serving some 70 congregations spread across 13 states
By Grace Gilson
Beth Israel Congregation hosts Shabbat services at the Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 16, 2026. (JTA)
January 19, 2026, 2:32 am
‘We are not made of wood and paper’: Jackson synagogue marks first Shabbat after arson
‘Jewish life in Jackson is still here, and we are not going anywhere,’ says student rabbi Benjamin Russell; service for 170 congregants held in local church
By Grace Gilson
Congregants search through the remains of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, which served Pasadena for over 100 years and was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 11, 2025 in Pasadena, California (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
January 15, 2026, 2:52 am
Anti-Zionist graffiti defaces rubble of Pasadena synagogue destroyed in wildfire
The rabbi of the century-old Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, along with the Anti-Defamation League and local sheriff’s department, decry the vandalism as antisemitic
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Damage sustained during a fire, January 10, 2026, at Beth Israel Congregation, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Beth Israel Congregation via AP)
January 14, 2026, 5:10 pm
Mississippi synagogue arson suspect hid extremism behind ‘scripture-backed fitness’ persona
19-year-old suspect posted an antisemitic cartoon on Instagram shortly before he torched the home of the US state’s largest and oldest Jewish congregation
By Zev Stub
This photo provided by Beth Israel Congregation shows damage sustained during a fire, January 10, 2026, at Beth Israel Congregation, in Jackson, Mississippi. (Beth Israel Congregation via AP)
January 12, 2026, 12:39 pm
A ‘deliberate attack on Jews’: Community condemns arson attack on Mississippi synagogue
The pre-dawn blaze at the state’s largest and oldest synagogue, previously bombed by the Ku Klux Klan, has yet to be formally declared a hate crime
By Zev Stub
Fire damage to the Beth Israel Congregation, a synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, January 10, 2026. (Beth Israel Congregation)
January 11, 2026, 4:32 pm
Mississippi’s largest synagogue severely damaged in suspected arson attack
Suspect arrested, but authorities have yet to divulge a motive for attack on 160-year-old Beth Israel Congregation
By Zev Stub
Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)
July 6, 2025, 8:50 am
Man charged with setting fire to Melbourne synagogue as police probe terror motive
Angelo Loras, 34, of Sydney, who describes himself as Iranian, suspected of starting blaze at entrance to East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation building while 20 people were inside
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2025 (JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
January 8, 2025, 12:36 pm
‘It is crazy’: Wildfires ravage Los Angeles area, destroying synagogue and causing chaos
US authorities issue evacuation orders to 30,000 residents; Chabad center damaged; several said injured; senior living center evacuated as embers fall around people in wheelchairs
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fire crew members at the scene of an arson attack at Adass Israel Synagogue in the suburb of Ripponlea, Melbourne, December 6, 2024. (ABC/AFP)
December 6, 2024, 4:50 am
Melbourne synagogue sustains massive damage in predawn attack by masked arsonists
No serious injuries reported among Adass Israel congregants, some of whom were in the synagogue praying; board member says ‘inside completely gutted,’ holy books destroyed
By Agencies
A terror suspect (left) caught on a surveillance camera outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in the French seaside resort of La Grande Motte; flames outside the synagogue (right) on August 24, 2024. (X screenshots, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 25, 2024, 12:54 pm
Man arrested over suspected terror attack explosion at French synagogue
Minister says officers came under fire during operation; images show suspect wearing Palestinian flag as he set fire to police cars, synagogue doors; 2 associates also detained
By Philippe Siuberski, Sylvie MALIGORNE and Jurgen HECKER
Fires burn after an attack at a synagogue in Derbent, in Russia's Dagestan region, June 23, 2024. Some initial reports say the synagogue and an adjacent church were set on fire. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 24, 2024, 1:25 am
Over 15 Russian cops, civilians killed in attacks on synagogues, churches in Dagestan
Orthodox priest among those slain in seemingly coordinated assaults on Makhachkala and Derbent, with synagogues in both cities set ablaze; Jewish community reports no injuries
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fire and destruction at a synagogue in Sfax, Tunisia, after a mob set fire to the building and burned several trees in the courtyard on February 25, 2024. (Screenshots from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
February 28, 2024, 9:56 pm
Mob reported to attack abandoned synagogue in Tunisia’s Sfax
Local reports say rioters set fire to several trees in courtyard, in second attack on a Tunisian synagogue since October 7
By ToI Staff
Temple Beth-El of Birmingham, Alabama, as seen in 2010. (Flickr via JTA)
November 6, 2022, 8:15 pm
Birmingham, Alabama, rabbi says synagogue fire not an antisemitic attack
Blaze was lit on Friday, while synagogues in New Jersey were under an FBI warning about a ‘broad threat’ to them
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A fire outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas, on October 31, 2021. (Austin Fire Department)
November 16, 2021, 8:40 am
Suspect in Austin synagogue arson kept journal allegedly detailing attack
FBI charges Franklin Barrett Sechriest, 18, with October vandalism; diary entries on day of incident include ‘Scout out a target’ and ‘I set a synagogue on fire’
By JTA
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