United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981911/1973Jacob Rothschild, who served as rabbi for the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in Atlanta from 1946 to 1973, reads during a Rosh Hashanah service. During his tenure Rothschild was an advocate for civil rights and developed a close friendship with Martin Luther King Jr.Photograph of Rabbi Jacob Rothschild reading during a Rosh Hashanah service in at the synagogue for the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in Atlanta, Georgia. He stands at the front of the sanctuary, and the ark sits behind him. Candelabra holding seven candles each rise on either side of the ark. The curved ceiling above Rabbi Rothschild is highly ornamented. From 1946 until his death in 1973, Rothschild served as rabbi for the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta's oldest and most prominent Jewish synagogue, also known as "the Temple."image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jacob-rothschild-1911-1973Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jacob-rothschild-1911-1973Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSynagogues--Georgia--AtlantaArk of the lawRosh ha-Shanah sermons--Georgia--AtlantaRabbis--Georgia--AtlantaCandelabra--Georgia--AtlantaSynagogue architecture--Georgia--AtlantaJews--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaTemple (Atlanta, Ga.)Rothschild, Jacob M., 1911-1973Jacob RothschildStillImage