A. Bruce Goldman

A. Bruce Goldman is a controversial American rabbi.

Goldman first came to national attention with his defense of the right of undergraduate students to co-habit in the dorms, which was then in violation of college rules. This issue was part of the sexual revolution of the 1960s. [ [www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838307,00.html?iid=chix-sphere] ]

He next came to public attention during the 1968 riots at Columbia University. He was the Jewish Chaplain at Columbia, and was let go by the directors of the independent board of directors of the Jewish organization for participating in the riot and takeover of Campus buildings. [ Michael E. Staub, "Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America" 2002] [ Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn, p. 228 ] During the protests he was "battered to semi-consciousness" and had to be taken to the hospital. [ The Battle for Morningside Heights: Why Students Rebel, by Roger Kahn, 1970, p. 214.]

In the 1990s he became well-known for willingness to perform weddings where one partner was Jewish and the other Christian, a practice frowned upon by most churches and most denominations of Judaism. [ [query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E3DA1738F93BA25752C0A96E958260] ] [ [ topics.nytimes.com/.../jews_and_judaism/index.html?query=GOLDMAN,%20A%20BRUCE&field=per&match=exact] ]

Goldman belongs to the Socialist Worker's Party, which he defends from charges that it is anti-Semitic. [ The Palestinian Struggle, Zionism and Anti-Semitism , by Sean Malloy, Doug Lorimer , 2002 p. 30]

Goldman lives in The Paterno.

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