Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok · Arts & Literature
American novelist ('The Chosen', 'My Name Is Asher Lev')
1929, New York City, USA — 2002, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA
United States
Chaim Potok is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American novelist ('The Chosen', 'My Name Is Asher Lev')
Chaim Potok was an American novelist and ordained Conservative rabbi whose bestsellers 'The Chosen' and 'My Name Is Asher Lev' portrayed the tensions between Orthodox Jewish tradition and the secular world with unusual empathy. He brought Jewish religious life to a broad American readership. He was Jewish.
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American novelist ('The Chosen', 'My Name Is Asher Lev')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
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