Clay Crystal

Clay Crystal

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Clay Crystal is a long-time member of the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi. He vividly recalls the trauma of witnessing the bombing of the synagogue by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 when he was just 13 years old. Now in his 70s, Crystal reflects on the emotional scars of that time and the recent arson attack that has reopened old wounds for the Jewish community.

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Clay Crystal was sitting on his front porch in Jackson, Mississippi, as a child in 1967 when he heard the thunderous sound of an explosion echo through his neighborhood.

They saw Mississippi’s largest synagogue bombed by the KKK in 1967. Seeing it now destroyed by arson feels like ‘deja vu’
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2026-01-19
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