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'''Chaim Potok''' was an [[author]], most widely known for writing the classic novel ''[[The Chosen]]'', a book about [[Jewish]] issues. Potok was born in 1929 in the Bronx, [[New York]] to a family of [[Polish]] [[immigrant]]s. He received several degrees including English Literature and Hebrew Literature, and became a very educated man in both secular and religious subjects. After serving in the [[Korean War]], he married, and later became a [[rabbi]]. In 2002, at the age of 73, Potok died of [[brain cancer]].

'''Chaim Potok''' was an [[author]], most widely known for writing the classic novel ''[[The Chosen]]'', a book about [[Jewish]] issues.  

 

Potok was born on February 17, 1929 in the Bronx, [[New York]] to a family of [[Polish]] [[immigrant]]s.<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/chaim-potok-37137</ref>  As a teenager, he decided he wanted to write, reading the great works of [[Charles Dickens]], [[Mark Twain]], [[Ernest Hemingway]], and [[William Faulkner]], and attended Yeshiva University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he received several degrees including English Literature and Hebrew Literature and became an official Conservative rabbi.<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/chaim-potok</ref>  After serving in the [[Korean War]], he married, and later became a [[rabbi]].<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/chaim-potok-3708.php</ref>  In 1967, he wrote his first and most famous novel, ''The Chosen'', an allegory about the Hasidic community, and later its sequel, ''The Promise'' (1969).<ref>"Potok, Chaim."

''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  In 2002, at the age of 73, Potok died of [[brain cancer]].

 

 

 

 

 

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