The Rockdale Temple was fire-bombed, and 12 Jewish-owned businesses were burned, looted or otherwise damaged in Negro rioting here this weekend, although no anti-Jewish pattern was discernible.
The attack on the Temple was no indication of anti-Semitism because a nearby Catholic church was also hit by the rampaging rioters. The 12 enterprises owned by Jews represented less than one-fourth of the total number of businesses attacked. This led to a conclusion that the rioting was generally anti-social in nature, and that there was no special effort to single out Jews.
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