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William E. Kaufman (born December 28, 1938) is an American Conservative rabbi, philosopher, theologian and author. [1] His 1991 book, The Case for God, was perhaps the first book written on Jewish process theology. [2]
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William E. Kaufman (born December 28, 1938) is an American Conservative rabbi, philosopher, theologian and author. [1] His 1991 book, The Case for God, was perhaps the first book written on Jewish process theology. [2]
Kaufman was born on December 28, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of the late Harry Kaufman and Elizabeth (Slodovsky) Kaufman. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1959 with an undergraduate major in philosophy. Kaufman was ordained as a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1964. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University in 1971. [2] He received a Doctor of Divinity honorary degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1990.
From 1964–1967 he was assistant rabbi at Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1967 he assumed the rabbinical post at Congregation B’nai Israel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where he served until 1980. From 1980 to 1982 he was rabbi at Congregation Agudas Achim in San Antonio, Texas. In 1982 he was installed as rabbi at Temple Beth El in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he served until his retirement in November 2005. Upon his retirement, he was named rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth El. [3]
Kaufman is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international rabbinical association of Conservative Judaism.
Kaufman married the former Nathalie Ann Levin of Brookline, Massachusetts in 1965. They have a son, Ari, a daughter, Beth, and four grandchildren: Maisie, Josephine (Josie), Gabriel and Ryan.
Kaufman has published many articles in Judaism (quarterly journal), Conservative Judaism (quarterly journal), The Reconstructionist (quarterly journal), and The Jewish Spectator (quarterly journal.)
One of his projects has been to create a Jewish process theology, viewing Jewish theology through the panentheistic process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead.
William E. Kaufman.
William E. Kaufman.
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