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Introduction to Chaim Potok, The Chosen

Introduction to Chaim Potok, The Chosen. Born: February 17, 1929 in New York City, N.Y. Parents: Benjamin Max (d. 1958) and Mollie (Friedman) Potok (d.1985). Father immigrated from Poland to the U.S. in 1921 and sold stationary before the depression and was a jeweler afterword.

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Introduction to Chaim Potok, The Chosen

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  1. Introduction to Chaim Potok,The Chosen • Born: February 17, 1929 in New York City, N.Y. • Parents: Benjamin Max (d. 1958) and Mollie (Friedman) Potok (d.1985). • Father immigrated from Poland to the U.S. in 1921 and sold stationary before the depression and was a jeweler afterword. • Wife: Adena Sara Mosevitzsky, married June 8, 1958. The Potok's met at Camp Ramah (Poconos) in 1952. Adena is a psychiatric social worker. • Children: Rena, Naama, Akiva. • Siblings: Brother became a rabbi, both sisters married rabbis. • CHILDHOOD: • "I grew up. . .in a Hassidic world without the beard and the earlocks." (NY Times 1/3/88) • Potok started writing fiction at the age of 16. His first submission was to the Atlantic Monthly at the age of 17 (the piece was not published, but Potok received a complimentary note from an editor asking if he was writing a novel).

  2. EDUCATION: Talmudic Academy of Yeshiva College (University). Yeshiva University (B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature, 1950). Jewish Theological Seminary of America (M.H.L. and rabbinic ordination, 1954). University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. in philosophy, 1965). RESIDENCE: Merion, PA, U.S.A. The Chosen, 1967 The Promise, 1969 My Name is Asher Lev, 1972 In the Beginning, 1975 The Book of Lights, 1981 Davita's Harp, 1985 The Gift of Asher Lev, 1990 I Am the Clay, 1992

  3. Links for more info • http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/Potok.menu.html

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