WASHINGTON (JTA) — Police are looking for a man caught on surveillance cameras attempting to burn down a Miami Beach synagogue.
The video, captured late Wednesday night, shows a men wearing a t-shirt and a baseball cap backwards lighting a pile of wood inside a garage at Temple Moses.
The ensuing fire charred the garage; firefighters doused the flames before they reached the sanctuary above the garage.
Temple Moses serves the Cuban Jewish community in Miami Beach.
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