Sounds to me like the quibble is with the Buddha, not Venerable Bodhi.
The Pali Canon is filled with teachings emphasising rebirth.
Back then there were differing opinions of what happened after death - still today there are differing understandings of what happens after death.
It was Right Speech then and it is Right Speech now.
If it is not important to you - why quibble with the Venerable? Just let it be.
Views or understandings are important enough to be one of the main parts of the Eight Fold path - and there is a time and place to be "stuck on views".
I'm "stuck"...
To teach a view or understanding as presented by the Buddha is not a fault.
By your standards - Nibbana must not be a part of Buddhadhamma
or do you wish to announce to all your direct verification?
Should kamma and dependent origination be dropped from all Buddhist teachings because most of us cannot directly verify them?
we are remiss in neglecting them.