A touching story of an unlikely friendship between two young Jewish boys, one Orthodox and one Hasidic, who meet as fierce opponents on a baseball field. The story takes place in the 1940s in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

The Chosen, with Related Readings (Glencoe Literature Library)

Education & Teaching

Chaim Potok

Schools & Teaching

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

A fascinating history of the Jews, told by a master novelist, here is Chaim Potok's fascinating, moving four thousand-year history. Recreating great historical events, exporing Jewish life in its infinite variety and in many eras and places, here is a unique work by a singular Jewish voice.

Wanderings

History

World

Hutchinson of Australia

In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one’s own way in the world.Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he’s in love, and he’s studying to be a rabbi. He  also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps  it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die.One day, worried about a disturbed,  unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching.  Reuven also  introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saunders—now a psychologist with a growing  reputation. Reconnected by their shared concern for Michael,  Reuven and Danny each  learns what it is to take on life—whether sacred truths or a troubled child—according  to his own lights, not just established authority.

The Promise

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Asher Lev is the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it, he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads.

My Name Is Asher Lev

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

In The Beginning

Fawcett Books

In his confusion about his life and times, Gershon Loran reveals the uncertainty, fear, and rage of the generation of Jewish men and women who came of age following World War II

The Book of Lights

Davita's Harp

Penguin??Books

Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection.

Chosen

Literary

My Name is Asher Lev

Asher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational "Brooklyn Crucifixion". Into it he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads.

The novelist records the anguish and triumps of a young painter as he emerges into the great world of art and rejects all else

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Books by Chaim Potok

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The Chosen, with Related Readings (Glencoe Literature Library)

Wanderings

The Promise

My Name Is Asher Lev

In The Beginning

The Book of Lights

Davita's Harp

Chosen

My Name Is Asher Lev

My Name Is Asher Lev