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THE RABBI AND THE HIT MAN: A TRUE TALE OF MURDER, PASSION, AND THE SHATTERED FAITH OF A CONGREGATION
by Magida, Arthur J
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0066210674
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210674
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New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Near fine (minimal edgewear, a couple of light marks on the front cover) in very good+ dust jacket (very light edgewear). A startling story of abuse of power and murder. Jewish only in the sense that in this case the criminal happened to be a rabbi, but the author does investigate the way in which the clergy sometimes misuse their prestige. 295 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.
Synopsis
A fascinating true-crime narrative about the first rabbi ever accused of murder and what the case says about the role of clergy in America.On the evening of November 1, 1994, Rabbi Fred Neulander returned home to find his wife, Carol, facedown on the living room floor, blood everywhere. He called for help, but it was too late. Two trials and eight years later, the founder of the largest reform synagogue in southern New Jersey became the first rabbi ever convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.In a gripping examination of the misuses of the pulpit and the self-delusions of power, Arthur J. Magida paints a devastating portrait of a manipulative man who used his position of trust in the temple to attract several mistresses -- and to befriend a lonely recovering alcoholic, whom he convinced to kill his wife "for the good of Israel."The Rabbi and the Hit Man straddles the juncture of faith and trust, and confronts issues of sex, narcissism, arrogance, and adultery. It is the definitive account of a charismatic clergyman who paid the ultimate price for ignoring his own words of wisdom: "We live at any moment with our total past ... What we do will stay with us forever."
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- Bookseller
- Barbara Bilson Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002457
- Title
- THE RABBI AND THE HIT MAN: A TRUE TALE OF MURDER, PASSION, AND THE SHATTERED FAITH OF A CONGREGATION
- Author
- Magida, Arthur J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0066210674
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210674
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Judaism, true crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- JEWISH; TRUE CRIME / Murder / General;
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