Police in Mississippi have arrested the person they allege set the fire that completely destroyed an historic Jewish synagogue - which was once bombed by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Stephen Spencer Pittman, 19, was arrested on Saturday, January 10, for an arson attack of Beth Israel Congregation that also impacted the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life building, both in Jackson, the United States Department of Justice revealed in a press conference issued Monday, January 12. Pittman allegedly used gasoline to set the blaze, which caused substantial damage to the buildings.