Once firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967, the Beth Israel congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, was once again attacked. A suspect has been charged with arson after the building became engulfed in flames on Saturday morning.
Shamira Muhammad, reporter at Mississippi Public Broadcasting, tells us how the community is reacting to this latest incident.
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