Harold S. Kush­n­er was the rab­bi lau­re­ate of Tem­ple Israel in Nat­ick, Mass­a­chu­setts, hav­ing long served that con­gre­ga­tion. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Hap­pen to Good Peo­ple. Nine Essen­tial Things I’ve Learned About Life is his 13th book.