Mississippi Synagogue Fire: 19‑Year‑Old Indicted
19‑year‑old charged with first‑degree arson and hate crime after burning Jackson’s Beth Israel synagogue.
On January 10 2026, a 19‑year‑old man, Stephen Spencer Pittman, set fire to the Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi. The blaze started around 3 a.m. and caused extensive damage to the historic building, which was also home to the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. A Hinds County grand jury indicted Pittman on a first‑degree arson charge with a hate‑crime enhancement, potentially facing up to 60 years in prison. Federal prosecutors had simultaneously charged him with arson of property used in interstate commerce. The synagogue had been bombed in 1967 by the Ku Klux Klan, heightening the case’s significance.
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