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Rabbi Harold Kushner

Rabbi Harold Kushner offers guidance for living in a dangerous and unpredictable world.

Aired 11/26/2004 | Rating NR

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Rabbi Harold Kushner

Clip: Season 8 | 3m 41s

Rabbi Harold Kushner offers guidance for living in a dangerous and unpredictable world.

Rabbi Harold Kushner is well-known for his 1981 book WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. Recently, Rabbi Kushner wrote a meditation on the 23rd Psalm called THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD. Rabbi Kushner affirms that the 23rd Psalm answers the question, how do you live in a dangerous and unpredictable world?

Aired 11/26/2004 | Rating NR

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