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A rabbi, educator and author of a landmark book, he asked, “How can Jews believe in an omnipotent, beneficent God after Auschwitz?”

Richard Rubenstein, former University of Bridgeport president & noted Jewish theologian, dies at 97 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Richard Rubenstein, former president of the University of Bridgeport and revolutionary Jewish theologian, died on Sunday.Hannah RubensteinShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Richard Rubenstein restored vitality to the University of Bridgeport and fostered academic freedom on campus, say colleagues.University of Bridgeport /Show MoreShow Less 3of3 He was 97. A professor, university president, theologian and rabbi, Rubenstein’s work — from books to scholarly articles — address...

The 1966 publication of the first edition of “After Auschwitz” assured Richard L. Rubenstein’s place in Jewish theology. Written 21 years after the liberation of the camps and 18 years after Israel’s creation, the issues raised in “After Auschwitz” were so remarkably simple, his points so basic, that they could not be ignored. Rubenstein, who died in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 16 at age 97, argued that Jewish theology would have to respond to the twin revolutions of modern Jewish history: The Holocaust and the rise of the state of Israel. These two events had transformed t...