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On October 12, 1958, 50 sticks of dynamite rocked The Temple, Atlanta's oldest and most prestigious Jewish congregation. The attack, later linked to a white supremacist group, may have meant to intimidate the Jewish community, but it had the opposite effect.
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On October 12, 1958, 50 sticks of dynamite rocked The Temple, Atlanta's oldest and most prestigious Jewish congregation. The attack, later linked to a white supremacist group, may have meant to intimidate the Jewish community, but it had the opposite effect.
Broadcast History
WABE, Atlanta, October 10, 2008
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In the 1950s, American Jews were becoming part of mainstream society. But for Jews in Atlanta, two conflicting influences threatened their inclusion into the larger community.
One, according to Eric Goldstein, a professor of history and Jewish studies at Emory University, was the budding civil rights movement.
13.2 WAT01 0134 Jews were often put in a very difficult position because they had achieved this integration but they knew it was very fragile. Where do you stand on this issue in which the South is divided?
The other, was the long shadow of the Leo Frank case. In 1915, Frank, a prominent member of Atlanta?s Jewish community, was tried, convicted, and later lynched for the murder of a young girl. About 3,000 Jews left the state in fear. By the 1950s, there were still Jews in Atlanta who remembered. Again Professor Goldstein:
13.2 WAT01 0322 The Frank case taught them th...
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Fifty years ago this Sunday, on October 12, 1958, 50 sticks of dynamite exploded at The Temple, Atlanta?s oldest and most prominent Jewish congregation. The attack, later linked to a white supremacist group, may have been meant to intimidate Jews, but, it had the opposite effect.
Philip Graitcer has the story.
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