Richard Rubenstein, 97, Dies; Theologian Challenged Ideas of God
A rabbi, educator and author of a landmark book, he asked, “How can Jews believe in an omnipotent, beneficent God after Auschwitz?”
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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?”
The most radical Jewish thinker of our time has died He was outrageous — a theological rebel, stunning in his thinking, difficult — and prophetic. Richard Rubenstein speaks at the University of Bridgeport in November 2017. Photo via University of Bridgeport May 19, 2021 Time magazine hit the newsstands with the following headline: “Is God Dead?” “Reaction from the world’s great and from the man in the street was uniformly incredulous. From Independence, Mo.,” said a contemporary news report, “former President Harry S Truman, who received the news in his Kansas C...