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n October 29, Seattle Pacific University welcomed to campus renowned author and scholar Chaim Potok. A professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, Potok has written numerous novels: books which often examine coming-of-age dilemmas in settings where culture, art and faith collide.
Born in Brooklyn in 1929 to Polish immigrants, Potok was raised an Orthodox Jew with the expectation that he would become a Talmudic scholar. However, at age 16, following a powerful encounter with literature, he decided on a writing career. He wanted to create stories that "provide a map not only of the physical elements of life, but of the spiritual ones as well."
Potok's best-known novels include The Chosen, nominated for a National Book Award and recipient of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award; The Promise, awarded the Athenaeum Prize; My Name is Asher Lev; and The Gift of Asher Lev, which won the National Jewish Award. Other books include In the Beginning, The Book of Lights and Davita's Harp. Potok has also written children's literature, as well as works of non-fiction such as Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews.
Potok's work has long been part of Seattle Pacific University's core curriculum for incoming freshmen. For instance, The Chose
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| Chaim Potok | |
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| Born | February 17 1929(1929-02-17) Bronx, New York |
| Died | July 23 2002 (aged 73) Merion, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, Rabbi |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genres | Literary fiction |
Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an AmericanJewishauthor and rabbi. 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. Potok was the first Jewish-American author whose work brought to a larger American audience the tensions between traditional Jewish religion and culture and modern, secular society.
Biography
Herman Harold Potok was born in the Bronx to Benjamin Max (d. 1958) and Mollie (Friedman) Potok (d. 1985), Jewish immigrants from Poland who were Hasidic. His father was a watchmaker and jeweler. His Hebrew name was Chaim Tzvi. Hasidism is a Haredi Jewish religious movement that originated in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century. Founded by RabbiIsrael ben Eliezer (1698–1760), also known as the