Source: Los Angeles Times
On June 19, 1999, the Los Angeles Times reported that three Sacramento synagogues were set on fire about 35 minutes apart on the morning of June 18th. Flyers were left at the synagogue linking Jews and the "Jewsmedia" with profiting from the war in Kosovo through Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who recently discovered her Jewish ancestry. Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, called the arsons, "clearly the worst such attacks in years." Sacramento has been the scene of previous hate crimes, with a firebombing outside Congregation B'nai Israel six years ago and a black church burned to the ground three years ago. Within hours of the attacks, the FBI and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms were mobilized to join the investigation with local police.