Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American author and rabbi.

Potok is most famous for his 1967 novel The Chosen which was a semi-autobiographical story about an exceptionally brilliant, young son of a Hasidic rabbi who expects his son to also become a rabbi.

Herman Harold Potok was born in the New York Bronx to Jewish immigrants from Poland. Following tradition, his parents also gave him a Hebraic name, Chaim Tvzi; "Chaim" is the Hebrew word for "life". His Orthodox education taught him Talmud as well as secular studies.

After receiving an M.A. in Hebrew literature, and his later rabbinic ordination, Potok joined the U.S. Army as a chaplain, where he spent over a year in the Korean war.

Potok edited Conservative Judaism and also served as editor of the Jewish Publication Society. In 1965, Potok was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

In Merion, Pennsylvania[?], on 23 July, 2002, Chaim Potok, who had been suffering from cancer, passed away.

Bibliography

• The Chosen (1967)
• The Promise (1969)
• My Name is Asher Lev (1972)
• The Book of Lights
• The Gift of Asher Lev (1990)
• Davita's Harp
• I Am the Clay (1992)
• The Tree of Here (1993)
• The Sky of Now (1994)
• The Gates of November (1996)
• Zebra and Other Stories (1998)

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External links:

• http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/potok.htm (contains bibliography)
• http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/3724245.htm
• http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Authors/P/Potok,_Chaim/
• http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/
• http://www.lasierra.edu/%7Eballen/potok/menu.html
• Notes on The Chosen (http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/potok1311-des-.html)

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