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The Chosen is a novel written by Chaim Potok. It was first published in 1967. It follows the narrator, Reuven Malter, and his friend Daniel Saunders, as they grow up in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1940s. A sequel featuring Reuven's young adult years, The Promise, was published in 1969. [1] [2] [3]
Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi.Of the more than a dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967) was listed on The New York Times’ bestseller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies, [1] [2] and was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.
Written by Potok and veteran theater artist Aaron Posner, who also directs the Rep production, "The Chosen" plunges us deeply into the New York Jewish world of the 1940s. Two worlds, really: The ...
The Chosen is a 1981 American drama film directed by Jeremy Kagan, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Chaim Potok, published in 1967. It stars Robby Benson , Barry Miller , Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger .
Based on the late Chaim Potok's 1967 novel of the same name, "The Chosen" presents us with two bright, observant Jewish teenagers, Reuven Malter (Eli Mayer) and Danny Saunders (Hillel Rosenshine ...
In the novel The Chosen by Chaim Potok, at the end of book 3 chapter 14, the last paragraph says "That evening after my last class, I went to the school library and looked fo Rav Gershenson's mane in the Hebrew and English catalogues. His name wasn't listed anywhere. It was then that I understood why my father was not teaching in this school."
The Promise is a novel written by Chaim Potok, published in 1969.It is a sequel to his previous novel The Chosen.Set in 1950s New York, it continues the saga of the two friends, Reuven Malter, a Modern Orthodox Jew studying to become a rabbi, and Danny Saunders, a genius Hasidic Jew who has broken with his sect's tradition by refusing to take his father's place as rebbe in order to become a ...
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