ABSTRACT
Harold Kushner is a major rabbinical figure of conservative Judaism in the United States. He was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Columbia University, and later was ordained as a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Rabbi Kushner is the author of the bestseller When Bad Things Happen to Good People, which deals with the problems of evil, human suffering and God's omnipotence. Kushner is also the author of many other popular theological books. Together with Chaim Potok he published the book Etz Chaim: A Torah Commentary, which acts as an official commentary on the Torah for the Jewish Conservative movement.
