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- Birth nameHarold Samuel Kushner
- Harold Kushner was born on April 3, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Suzette . He died on April 27, 2023 in Canton, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpouseSuzette (1960 - 2022) (her death, 2 children)
- At Columbia University, he studied psychology and later literature under Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren. He received a bachelor's of arts degree and a master's degree in education. He subsequently attended the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where he received a bachelor's degree in religious education, was ordained in 1960, and received a doctorate in Hebrew literature. He volunteered with the Army Chaplain Corps before becoming an assistant rabbi in Great Neck, New York, and then rabbi at Temple Israel, a Conservative congregation in Natick.
- Author of the best-selling book When Bad Things Happen to Good People. It was inspired by his son Aaron, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition known as progeria at the age of three. It affects an estimated 1 in 4 million children, causes rapid aging and is always fatal. Aaron died two days after his 14th birthday.
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