![]() ![]() The book sold more than 4 million copies, was a New York Times bestseller for many months and was translated into at least 12 languages.īut Harold Kushner never sought that success. He earned international prominence with the publication of his book “ When Bad Things Happen to Good People” in 1981. Rabbi Harold Kushner served as the rabbi of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts. It, too, was a publishing phenomenon, because it was the first book to combine religious insights with the then newly popular science of psychology.) His 1946 book “Peace of Mind” spent more three years on the New York Times bestseller list. (I say “almost,” because Rabbi Kushner’s literary and spiritual forebear was Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman of Temple Israel in Boston. ![]() There was no other rabbi like Harold Kushner in the history of American Judaism, because there was almost no other author like Harold Kushner in the history of American Judaism. I thought of that quip this weekend upon learning of the death of Rabbi Harold Kushner, at the age of 88. “‘ When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ and everything else.” “There are only two categories of Jewish books,” that friend said. He was gently advising me to have appropriate expectations regarding book sales and the possible impact of my work. When I first embarked on a writing career, and hoped for a modicum of literary (certainly not financial) success, that’s what a friend told me. ![]() (RNS) - “There are only two categories of Jewish books … ” ![]()
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