Rabbi Harold Kushner Comes to Orlando for a community-wide ...

Rabbi Harold Kushner Comes to Orlando
for a community-wide interfaith presentation
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Congregation of Reform Judaism
928 Malone Drive
Orlando, FL 32810
Proudly Presented by
Congregation Beth Am and Congregation of Reform Judaism
Rabbi Kushner wrote his signature volume, When Bad Things Happen to Good People (published in
1981 and translated into 14 languages) in response to tragedy in his own life. He was initially
surprised that his message resonated so deeply with faith and communities around the world. He
has just released the complementing study of the Biblical Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened
to a Good Person.
Rabbi Kushner is the author of more than a dozen books on coping with life’s challenges, including:
• When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough: The Search for a Life That Matters
• How Good Do We Have to Be A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness
• Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success
• Overcoming Life’s Disappointments
• Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World
The titles themselves reveal his eloquently comprehensive perspective of living a life of significance
in the modern world.
In 1995, he was honored by The Christophers, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading
messages of hope and understanding, as one of the 50 people who have made the world a better
place in the last 50 years. In 1999, the national organization Religion in American Life paid tribute
to him as their "Clergyman of the Year."
Please keep the date open for what promises to be a most spiritually elevating and intellectually
stimulating experience.
For reservations and payment, please go to Page 2.
For information regarding how to become a VIP with preferred seating, please go to Page 3.
For Contact Us information, please go to Page 3.
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Harold Kushner in Orlando
Harold Kushner is the author of the best-selling book on the problem of evil, When Bad Things Happen
to Good People. Written following the death of his son, Aaron, from the premature aging
disease progeria, the book deals with questions about human suffering, God, omnipotence and theodicy.
Aaron was born in 1963 and died in 1977; the book was published in 1981.
Kushner has written a number of other popular theological books, such as How Good Do We Have to
Be (dedicated to his grandson, Carl), To Life! and many others. In collaboration with the late Chaim
Potok, Kushner co-edited Etz Hayim: A Torah Commentary, the new official Torah commentary of
the Conservative movement, which was jointly published in 2001 by the Rabbinical Assembly and
the Jewish Publication Society. His Living a Life That Matters became a best seller in the fall of 2001.
Kushner's book, The Lord Is My Shepherd, was a meditation on the Twenty-Third Psalm released in
2003. Kushner also wrote a response to Simon Wiesenthal's question of forgiveness in the book The
Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness.
General Admission
$25
Student
$10
VIP Seating
For those who would like to sit closer in reserved rows, we offer preferred
seating for a small additional donation. These rows will be held open until 15
minutes prior to the talk. Limited to 30 reserved seats.
$50
VIP Seating and Meet and Greet
You and one guest will join Rabbi Kushner for a pre-event cocktail reception
featuring wine and hors d'oeuvres. You also receive a personalized signed copy
of your choice of one of Rabbi Kushner's books and premium seating. Limited to
50 people.
$1,000
Reservations and Payment
Your payment is your reservation.
To pay by check, please make your check payable to and remit to:
Congregation Beth Am
P.O. Box 915756
Longwood, FL 32791
To pay by credit card, please go to our secure payment page by clicking this link:
https://www.sagepayments.net/sagenonprofit/shopping_cart/forms/donate.aspM_id=812789319436
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Become a VIP
Reserved Seating for Presentation
The cost of this event has been purposely kept low to enable everyone to come hear Rabbi
Kushner’s upbeat philosophy. For those who would like to sit closer in reserved rows, we
are offering preferred seating for a small additional donation. These rows will be held open
until 15 minutes prior to the talk. Limited to 30 people, tickets are $50 each.
Meet Harold Kushner
Be a Mensch and help sponsor this amazing event. When you become a $1000 level
sponsor, you and a guest will be one of only 50 people to meet and mingle with Rabbi
Kushner at a cocktail reception before the event. Each "Mensch" also receives a
personalized signed copy of your choice of a Kushner-authored book and premium seating.
Contact Us
For additional information, please:
• call us at 407.862.3505 or
• send us an email at programming@CongBethAm.org.
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