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Richard Rubenstein, former University of Bridgeport president & noted Jewish theologian, dies at 97
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Richard Rubenstein, former president of the University of Bridgeport and revolutionary Jewish theologian, died on Sunday.Hannah RubensteinShow MoreShow Less
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Richard Rubenstein restored vitality to the University of Bridgeport and fostered academic freedom on campus, say colleagues.University of Bridgeport /Show MoreShow Less
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He was 97.
A professor, university president, theologian and rabbi, Rubenstein’s work from books to scholarly articles addressed the meaning of modern Jewish life. He was perhaps best known for “After Auschwitz,” which rethought the traditional Judaic concept of God in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
The 1966 publication of the first edition of “After Auschwitz” assured Richard L. Rubenstein’s place in Jewish theology.
Written 21 years after the liberation of the camps and 18 years after Israel’s creation, the issues raised in “After Auschwitz” were so remarkably simple, his points so basic, that they could not be ignored.
Rubenstein, who died in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 16 at age 97, argued that Jewish theology would have to respond to the twin revolutions of modern Jewish history: The Holocaust and the rise of the state of Israel. These two events had transformed the Jewish people demographically, physically, geographically, and psychologically.