Mississippi fire suspect called the temple a 'synagogue of Satan'

[JustAnotherGen]

6. To let the significance

Really set in . . .

Founded in 1860, it is the state’s largest synagogue, and has been faced with attacks before. In September 1967, Ku Klux Klan members bombed the synagogue damaging a similar section of the building that was destroyed on Saturday. Around two months later, KKK members bombed the home of Rabbi Perry Nussbaum. He was not targeted at random: Nussbaum was deeply involved in the civil rights movement, had visited jailed Freedom Riders, and helped post bail for activists at a time when doing so carried real risk. No one was killed in the attacks.


Nussbaum was a man of - integrity and terribly brave.