Rabbi Harold Kushner

RABBI HAROLD SAMUEL KUSHNER was an American rabbi and lecturer who served as congregational rabbi of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, for 24 years, and was the author of more than a dozen books. His best-known work is When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

Kushner received the Christopher Award in 1987 and the Jewish Book Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1960 and later earned his Ph.D. from the Seminary in 1972, having also studied at Columbia University.

When not writing, Kushner served his congregation and held the title of rabbi laureate at Temple Israel. Much of his work engaged questions of faith, suffering, and human experience.

Rabbi Harold Kushner’s books are published by Conari Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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