Rabbi William M. Strongin is a prominent author, Director of Jewish Studies at

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,"College of Liberal Arts & Sciences." SUNY New Paltz – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, http://www.newpaltz.edu/collegelas/deptprogs.html. and a spiritual leader at Kehillat Ahavat Achim, a Jewish congregation in New Paltz.Strongin, William, "Contemplating the Nature of Evil", Reconstructionism Today, Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 9 Strongin received a BA at

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, a MTS at

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, and a MAHL and DDiv from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. Strongin has written articles and book reviews in magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals. In his article "Contemplating the Nature of Evil", Strongin describes evil as a necessary component of all human beings: on one hand, evil seeks to destroy us, but on the other hand, it also helps us grow and evolve as beings.

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