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Welcome to the WBEZ Book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. Many of us took

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pause the other day when hearing about
the death of Rabbi Harold S. Kushner,

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the New York native who moved to
Boston's Metro West to lead a congregation

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in Native for decades. He was
an exemplary rabbi, husband, father,

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and mentor, known for so many
best selling books, including Living a Life

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That Matters, The Lord Is My
Shepherd, Practice, Random Acts of Kindness,

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and his most famous bestseller, When
Bad Things Happen to Good People,

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drawn from his own struggle with grief
upon losing a young son. I interviewed

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Rabbi Kushner many times, and every
time felt I was in the presence of

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someone special. Rabbi Harold Kushner has
died at age eighty eight, but he

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left an incredible legacy of thoughtful introspection, morality, kindness, and grace.

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His books live on. I urge
you to read them, and that is

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the book Club. WBEZ, Boston's
news radio thre