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Sanford V. Sternlicht Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion 2000 page 8 "...to work with the Jewish Publication Society of America, while making his final revisions of The Chosen, published in 1967. Potok had been made editor in chief of the publication society in 1966, and he remained in that capacity
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Potok has had a considerable influence on Jewish American authors. His work was significant for discussing the conflict between the traditional aspects of Jewish thought and culture and modernity to a wider, non-Jewish culture. He taught a highly regarded graduate seminar on Postmodernism at the
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from 1955 to 1957. He described his time in South Korea as 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
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He bequeathed his papers to the University of Pennsylvania. The university houses a collection of Potok correspondence, writings, lectures, sermons, article clippings, memorabilia and fan mail. One of his admirers was
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in Philadelphia and later, chairman of the publication committee. During this time, Potok received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1970, the Potoks relocated to
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Potok's parents discouraged his writing and reading of non-Jewish subjects. Nevertheless, he spent many hours in the public library reading secular novels. Potok cited
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in Philadelphia. In 1963, the Potoks were instructors at Camp Ramah in Nyack. Also in 1963, he began a year in Israel, where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on
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and joined the faculty of the Teachers’ Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary. The following year, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the
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is what inspired his work and literature). He started writing fiction at the age of 16. At age 17 he made his first submission to the magazine
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as an account of his experiences in Asia during the war. He said “it reshaped the neat, coherent model of myself and my place in the world.”
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as his chief literary influences. Many of his novels are set in the urban environments in New York in which he himself grew up. While not
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musical and was adapted as a stage play by Aaron Posner in collaboration with Potok, which premiered at the
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In 1964, the Potoks moved to Brooklyn, where Chaim became the managing editor of the magazine
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Bloom, Julie (January 18, 2010), "Papers of Chaim Potok To Go to Penn", Arts, Briefly,
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for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies, and was adapted into a well-received
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In 1949, at the age of twenty, his stories were published in the literary magazine of
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is his only book featuring a female protagonist. In 1990, he published a sequel to
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appointed him as its special projects editor. In 1972, he published
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Chavkin, Laura (Summer 1999). "A "MELUS" Interview: Chaim Potok".
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Potok, Chaim. Moment Magazine. Digital Archives: Opinion Archives.
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as a teenager, he decided to become a writer (he often said that
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released in 1981, which won the most prestigious award at the
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Jewish Theological Seminary of America semikhah recipients
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Interview with Quiara AlegrĂ­a Hudes in Guernica, July 2012
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Upon his return to the U.S., he joined the faculty of the
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the same year of its publication. Not long afterward the
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Jewish education. After reading Evelyn Waugh's novel
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in Los Angeles. Potok met Adena Sara Mosevitzsky, a
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In 1992, Potok completed another novel, 314:and was appointed scholar-in-residence at 31: 1267:Penn Libraries Receive Chaim Potok Papers 236:, Yeshiva University's boys high school. 1631:Deaths from brain cancer in Pennsylvania 1616:American people of Polish-Jewish descent 1601:American male dramatists and playwrights 1318:) is being considered for deletion. See 1187:Great American Writers;Twentieth Century 902:, Philadelphia Athenaeum, archived from 874:Wandering â€” The History of the Jews 251: 1222: 1130:. Jewish virtual library. 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Potok described his 1981 novel 260:After four years of study at the 249:with a BA in English Literature. 1290:Chaim Potok papers Ms. Coll. 730 770: 198:Herman Harold Potok was born in 140: 1656:Jewish translators of the Bible 1581:21st-century American novelists 1566:21st-century American essayists 1546:20th-century American novelists 1531:20th-century American essayists 1368: 1258: 1243: 1216: 1190: 1181: 1164: 1142: 1117: 1086: 1056: 1026: 996: 853:Fox, Margalit (July 24, 2002). 234:Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy 961: 950: 917: 890: 880: 865: 846: 805:Sternlicht, Sanford V (2000), 798: 756:Conversations with Chaim Potok 741:Isaac Stern: My First 79 Years 308:Camp Ramah in Ojai, California 1: 1307: 791: 1596:American Conservative rabbis 1586:21st-century American rabbis 1551:20th-century American rabbis 1064:"Frequently Asked Questions" 786:List of brain tumor patients 753:Walden, Daniel, ed. (2001), 613:Resources in other libraries 594:Resources in other libraries 322:and began to write a novel. 283:as a chaplain. He served in 193: 7: 1621:American postmodern writers 1070:. La sierra. Archived from 763: 350:on July 23, 2002, aged 73. 10: 1692: 1571:21st-century American Jews 1536:20th-century American Jews 484:National Jewish Book Award 388:Jewish Publication Society 372:. Potok wrote a sequel to 368:and was nominated for the 366:Edward Lewis Wallant Award 333:Jewish Publication Society 312:University of Pennsylvania 279:, Potok enlisted with the 1676:Yeshiva University alumni 1646:Jewish American novelists 1641:Jewish American essayists 1484: 1465: 1430: 1403: 1376: 1299:Chaim Potok resource site 1202:Jewish Telegraphic Agency 608:Resources in your library 589:Resources in your library 551: 358:In 1967, Potok published 342:After the publication of 139: 134: 122: 114: 104: 89: 81: 64: 42: 30: 23: 1320:templates for discussion 1270:, U Penn, archived from 743:(with Isaac Stern; 1999) 384:Athenaeum Literary Award 85:Novelist, Rabbi, Painter 1611:American male novelists 1606:American male essayists 735:Zebra and Other Stories 508:Zebra and Other Stories 1661:Rabbis in the military 1223:van Leeuwen, DS Neil. 1113:– via La sierra. 929:Philadelphia Athenaeum 257: 1420:The Gift of Asher Lev 1377:Reuven Malther novels 1008:Arden Theatre Company 729:The Gates of November 698:The Gift of Asher Lev 625:(1964–69, 14 volumes) 479:The Gift of Asher Lev 457:Arden Theatre Company 451:. It also became an 297:University of Judaism 255: 179:(1967) was listed on 1412:My Name Is Asher Lev 1303:La Sierra University 935:(11), archived from 925:"NEWS: Mid-November" 646:My Name Is Asher Lev 545:My Name is Asher Lev 474:My Name is Asher Lev 393:My Name is Asher Lev 348:Merion, Pennsylvania 328:Conservative Judaism 270:Conservative Judaism 230:The Atlantic Monthly 226:Brideshead Revisited 221:Brideshead Revisited 75:Merion, Pennsylvania 1288:Finding aid to the 1038:Jewish Book Council 747:Old Men at Midnight 514:Literary influences 466:Potok's 1985 novel 429:World Film Festival 370:National Book Award 344:Old Men at Midnight 182:The New York Times’ 46:Herman Harold Potok 1447:The Book of Lights 1252:The New York Times 876:, Ballantine Books 859:The New York Times 840:The New York Times 676:The Book of Lights 528:Fyodor Dostoyevsky 488:Sins of The Father 414:The Book of Lights 376:in 1969, entitled 316:Har Zion Synagogue 277:English literature 258: 241:Yeshiva University 200:Brooklyn, New York 94:Yeshiva University 1503: 1502: 1466:Non-fiction books 1274:on August 6, 2012 1231:on April 15, 2003 1014:on April 18, 2016 834:(July 24, 2002). 717:The Trope Teacher 575:Library resources 492:Out of The Depths 445:Maximilian Schell 148: 147: 55:February 17, 1929 1683: 1439:In the Beginning 1404:Asher Lev novels 1363: 1356: 1349: 1340: 1339: 1276: 1275: 1262: 1256: 1255: 1247: 1241: 1240: 1238: 1236: 1227:. 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