His Judaism, and his dissatisfaction with it, formed the cornerstone of his stories. As a doctor of philosophy, a rabbi, and a biblical commentator, Chaim Potok (1929-2002) had a lot to say. He would ...
Chaim Potok was a novelist who paved the way for a younger generation of religious American Jewish writers — and a Jewish scholar who worked tirelessly to bring Jews and Judaism closer together. Potok ...
Chaim Potok, an ordained rabbi and best-selling novelist whose fiction often probed the dueling personal and spiritual demands of Jewish faith versus those of secular American society, died Tuesday at ...
Author Chaim Potok, whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing inspired "The Chosen" and other novels that became best-sellers among readers of many faiths, died Tuesday. He was 73. Potok, who was diagnosed ...
Associated Press WriterPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Chaim Potok, the rabbi-turned-author whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing inspired "The Chosen" and other novels that became best-sellers among readers of many ...
The act of writing is “to create worlds out of words on paper,” explained the Merion author Chaim Potok, who wrote more than 18 books. Most of the books feature the Jewish religion as their theme but ...
Chaim Potok was a novelist who paved the way for a younger generation of religious American Jewish writers — and a Jewish scholar who worked tirelessly to bring Jews and Judaism closer together. Potok ...
Author Chaim Potok, whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing inspired "The Chosen" and other novels that became best-sellers among readers of many faiths, died today. He was 73. Potok, who was diagnosed with ...
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