Richard Sugarman

Richard Sugarman (born July 12, 1944) is an American academic and political consultant. He is a professor of religion at the University of Vermont and "a world-renowned expert on the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas". He grew up in a largely Orthodox neighborhood where "one in every four residents was a 'DP,' or displaced person, tattooed with a number from a Nazi death camp." Sugarman is of Ukrainian Jewish descent on his paternal side and of English Jewish descent on his maternal side.

Academic career

Following his Carnegie Fellowship, Sugarman resumed teaching as a part-time instructor of philosophy and religion at the University of Vermont in 1970. He was an advisor to the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.

Personal life Sugarman has a wife, Linda, and three children. They reside in Burlington, Vermont. At 68, Sugarman has arthritis. He is an Orthodox Jew and attended Congregation Ahavath Gerim. He is also an "unapologetic Zionist."

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