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Jacob Mortimer Rothschild (August 4, 1911 December 31, 1973) was an American Reform rabbi and civil rights advocate. He served as rabbi of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in Atlanta, informally known as "The Temple", from 1946 until his death in 1973. As a rabbi, he became active in Atlanta's civil rights movement; he developed a close friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. during the early 1960s. In 1958, The Temple was bombed with dynamite, likely as a reaction to Rothschild's activism. After the assassination of King in 1968, he became less directly involved in the movement. After surviving a heart attack in June 1973, he died on New Year's Eve that same year after suffering a second heart attack.

Early life
Jacob Rothschild was born on August 4, 1911, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.