Leading Jewish Theologian Richard Rubenstein, 97, Dies

Richard L. Rubenstein, the leading Jewish voice in the theological groundswell of the 1960s known as the "Death of God" movement, who argued that the Holocaust had invalidated the idea of an omnipotent, benevolent deity who safeguards Jews as the chosen people, died on May 16 in Bridgeport, Conn. He was 97.