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Chaim Potok
Born February 17, 1929(1929-02-17)
Bronx, New York
Died July 23, 2002 (aged 73)
Merion, Pennsylvania, U. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Merion is a community in Pennsylvania state of the United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern S.
Occupation Novelist, Rabbi
Nationality United States
Genres Literary fiction

Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American Jewish author and rabbi. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage since around 1970 principally to distinguish serious fiction (that is work with claims to Literary merit Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master

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Biography

Herman Harold Potok was born in the Bronx to Benjamin Max (d. 1958) and Mollie (Friedman) Potok (d. 1985), Jewish immigrants from Poland. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland His Hebrew name was Chaim Tzvi. He received an Orthodox Jewish education. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency After reading Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited as a teenager he decided to become a writer. Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Brideshead Revisited The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a Novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945

In 1950, Potok graduated fromYeshiva University with a B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature. Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from After receiving a master's degree in Hebrew literature, and his later rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Potok joined the U.S. Army as a chaplain. See also Israeli literature. Hebrew literature consists of ancient medieval and modern writings in the Hebrew language. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. He served in South Korea from 1955 to 1957. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː He described his time in South Korea as being a transformative experience. Brought up to believe that the Jewish people were central to history and God's plans, he experienced a region where there were almost no Jews and no anti-semitism, yet whose religious believers prayed with the same fervor that he saw in the Orthodox synagogues at home. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of

On June 8, 1958, Potok married Adena Sara Mosevitzsky, a psychiatric social worker, whom he met in 1952 at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Psychiatry is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat Mental disorders in Humans Psychiatric Social work is a discipline involving the application of Social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people groups and societies Camp Ramah ( מחנה רמה) is a network of Jewish Summer camps operating in the United States, Canada, and Israel. The Pocono Mountains region is a mountainous region of about 2400 square miles (6200 km² located in northeastern Pennsylvania. They had three children: Rena, Naama, and Akiva.

From 1964 to 1975, Potok edited Conservative Judaism and also served as editor, from 1965-1974, of the Jewish Publication Society. In 1965, Potok was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His first novel, The Chosen, was written while he was living with his family in Jerusalem. The Chosen is the bestselling book by Chaim Potok published in 1967 Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the [1] Potok edited the p'shat commentary of the Rabbinical Assembly's 2000 edition of the Chumash, Etz Hayim. The Rabbinical Assembly (RA is the international association of Conservative Rabbis The RA was founded in 1901 to shape the ideology programs and practices of the Chumash (xuˈmɑʃ ( Hebrew: חומש also Humash) is one of the Hebrew names for the Five Books of Moses also known as the Pentateuch or

Potok died of brain cancer in Merion, Pennsylvania, on July 23, 2002. A brain tumor is any intracranial Tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the Brain itself ( Neurons Merion is a community in Pennsylvania state of the United States. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. [2]

Literary career

Potok is most famous for his 1967 novel The Chosen, which became a bestseller. It was the story of two boys, Reuven Malter, a Modern Orthodox Jew, and Danny Saunders, the brilliant young son of a Hasidic rabbi, who become friends. Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew The father, Reb Saunders, expects his son to succeed him as a rabbi and the leader of their Hasidic sect, yet Danny wants to study psychology, a secular field of study. Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Secularity ( adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from Religion.

The book was made into a film released in 1981, which won the top award at the World Film Festival, Montreal. The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF — Festival des Films du Monde - Montréal (FFM — is one of Canada 's oldest international Film festivals and the Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Potok had a cameo role as a professor. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as The film starred Rod Steiger, Maximilian Schell and Robby Benson. Rod Steiger ( April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American Academy Award -winning Actor known for his Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award -winning Austrian Actor. Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal on January 21 1956) is an American Film and Television Actor, It also became a short-lived Broadway musical and was subsequently adapted as a stage play by Aaron Posner in collaboration with Potok, which premiered at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia in 1999. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə

The protagonists of most of his novels are Orthodox American-born Jews, although he wrote about Koreans in his novel I Am The Clay and created other Gentile characters in some of his short stories. The term Gentile (from Latin, gentilis, meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe refers to non- Israelite tribes or nations in the Bible. Two of the themes that dominate his work are the conflict between father and son and the consequent search for a mentor, and the struggle to bridge the gap between Orthodox Judaism and modernity. Many of his books are coming of age novels, in which the characters try to find a place for themselves that incorporates both religion and the intellectual fruits of secular culture. A bildungsroman (ˈbɪldʊŋsroˌmaːn "novel of formation" is a Novelistic genre that arose during the German Enlightenment (and is regarded by some as

Potok's novel My Name is Asher Lev chronicles the conflicts experienced by a young boy from a Hasidic home who has a gift for painting. My Name Is Asher Lev is a novel by Chaim Potok about a "Ladover" (a fictional movement based on Chabad-Lubavitch) Hasidic The sequel, The Gift of Asher Lev, won the National Jewish Book Award for fiction. The Gift of Asher Lev is a novel by Chaim Potok, published in 1990. Davita's Harp and Old Men At Midnight are his only novels with a woman as the main character.

Potok cited James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ernest Hemingway, and S.Y. Agnon as his chief literary influences. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Paul Thomas Mann ( June Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, Dostoievsky, Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון, August 8, 1887 - February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize He wrote several plays, as well as numerous short stories, essays and book reviews. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such An essay is usually a short piece of writing It is often written from an author's personal point of view.

Published works

References

  1. ^ Chaim Potok - Telegraph
  2. ^ Chaim Potok

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External links

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