An edition of The Temple bombing (1996)

The Temple bombing

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An edition of The Temple bombing (1996)

The Temple bombing

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On October 12, 1958, the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and most prominent synagogue, was blown open by fifty sticks of dynamite. The shock wave that reverberated across the nation that night jolted this city "too busy to hate," a booster's town scrambling to make itself the economic hum of what would become the New South.

The explosion also shattered the illusions of a comfortable Reform Jewish congregation, for whom assimilation and acceptance had been proceeding nicely until they found themselves in the crossfire of a renewed battle between white and black.

By weaving together the parallel experiences of four different Atlanta communities - the white power structure, the white supremacists, the African Americans, and the Jews - Melissa Fay Greene places at the center of her narrative Jacob Rothschild, the Temple's outspoken rabbi and the lightning rod for the predawn attack. With the visceral power of great writing, The Temple Bombing illuminates as never before the danger facing everyday citizens who try to lead moral lives in an era of defiance.

It is a vivid social history, a courtroom drama, and a page-turning mystery rich in character and incident.

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Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Language
English
Pages
502

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Cover of: The Temple Bombing
The Temple Bombing
August 25, 2006, Da Capo Press
Paperback in English - 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition
Cover of: Temple Bombing
Temple Bombing
1999, Penguin Random House
in English
Cover of: The Temple bombing
The Temple bombing
1997, Fawcett Columbine
in English - 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Cover of: Temple Bombing
Temple Bombing
1997, Penguin Random House
in English
Cover of: The Temple bombing
The Temple bombing
1996, Addison-Wesley
in English
Cover of: The Temple bombing
The Temple bombing
1996, J. Cape
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-478) and index.

Published in
Reading, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.892/40758231/09045
Library of Congress
F294.A89 J536 1996, F294.A89J536 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
502 p. ;
Number of pages
502

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL815772M
Internet Archive
templebombing00gree
ISBN 10
0201622068
LCCN
95053368
OCLC/WorldCat
34046249
Library Thing
487389
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
352567

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