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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