 The more Orthodox members left to form Sacramento's Mosaic Law Synagogue.In 1970, members left the congregation to form Temple Beth Shalom in protest to the firing of the congregation's cantor.On June 18, 1999, B'nai Israel was one of three Sacramento synagogues (also including Temple Beth Shalom and Knesset Israel Torah Center) that were set ablaze by white supremacist brothers Matthew and Tyler Williams.