Potok, Chaim

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National Book Award winner, rabbi, and scholar Chaim Potok has written moving, thoughtful novels and short stories for children, young adults, and adults. Many titles explore the lives of Orthodox Jews in the world, caught between conservative religious and modern values. Traditions, beliefs, and rituals play important roles as his protagonists, often young men coming of age, wrestle with interactions within and outside their circumscribed religious societies. Both art and religion play important roles in these engaging novels and in the characters' lives. Potok has also written eloquent nonfiction about Judaism and Jewish history. Start with: The Chosen
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Potok, Chaim
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National Book Award winner, rabbi, and scholar Chaim Potok has written moving, thoughtful novels and short stories for children, young adults, and adults. Many titles explore the lives of Orthodox Jews in the world, caught between conservative religious and modern values. Traditions, beliefs, and rituals play important roles as his protagonists, often young men coming of age, wrestle with interactions within and outside their circumscribed religious societies. Both art and religion play important roles in these engaging novels and in the characters' lives. Potok has also written eloquent nonfiction about Judaism and Jewish history. Start with: The Chosen
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