Temple Bombing
A American, Religion, Jewish book. Absolutely incredible book. One of the best books on the history of Atlanta I have read,...
THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF A BRUTAL ACT OF HATE"At 3:37 in the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12, 1958, a bundle of dynamite blew out the side wall of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and richest synagogue. The devastation to the building was vast--but even greater were the changes those 50 sticks of dynamite made to Atlanta, the South and, ultimately, all of the United States. . . . The synagogue's rabbi, Jacob Rothschild, had been preaching civil rights to his congregation for years. If the bombers thought the dynamite could silence Rothschild, they were sadly misinformed. . . ." "GREENE SKILLFULLY WEAVES THE TEMPLE BOMBING INTO THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT....
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- Pages: 512 pages
- ISBN: 9780449908099 / 449908097
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I was moved enough by the book to visit the Temple on Peachtree Street last time I was in Atlanta...right across from the train station incidentally. Absolutely incredible book. One of the best books on the history of Atlanta I have read, and also one of the best books on civil rights and race relations I have ever read. Taking as its starting point the bombing of The Temple in Atlanta in 1958, the story chronicles the civil rights movement from the perspective of Atlanta's Jewish... I really liked Praying for Sheetrock, so when this book came out, I noted it. I read positive reviews, and put it on my to-read list. When I came across it at the book exhibit at the ASA last month I bought it and started reading. It is a more difficult story than Praying for Sheetrock. The central event is unresolved, in that the bomber...
