Austin synagogue arson

It has been suggested that this article be merged into Congregation Beth Israel (Austin, Texas). (Discuss) Proposed since March 2024.

On 31 October 2021, an arson attack at Congregation Beth Israel, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Austin, Texas, damaged the synagogue's front doors and stained glass windows, causing more than $250,000 in damage. Franklin Sechriest admitted to conducting the attack out of his hatred for Jews and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on 29 November 2023.