Why do bad things happen to good people?

Rabbi Harold Kushner posed that question 20 years ago in a book that helped countless individuals deal with loss and bereavement. He and Kathleen Gilbert, an IU professor of family studies, discuss the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and explore themes in Kushner's new best-seller, Living a Life That Matters.

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• Opening
• Introduction
• About Rabbi Kushner's bestselling book When Bad Things Happen To Good People
• About good things happening to bad people
• Legacies
• About Rabbi Kushner's new book Living A Life That Matters
• Connection of Rabbi Kushner's two books in light of the events of Sept. 11
• Dealing with feelings of helplessness
• Listening to people
• Close
  

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