Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok was born in New York City in 1929. He graduated from Yeshiva University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was ordained as a rabbi, and earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. He also served as editor of the Jewish Publication Society of America. Potok’s first novel, The Chosen, published in 1967, received the Edward Lewis Wallant Memorial Book Award and was nominated for the National Book Award. He is author of eight novels, including In the Beginning and My Name Is Asher Lev, and Wanderings, a history of the Jews. He died in 2002.

The Book of Lights

The Book of Lights

Chaim Potok
Wanderings

Wanderings

Chaim Potok
The Promise

The Promise

Chaim Potok
My Name Is Asher Lev

My Name Is Asher Lev

Chaim Potok
Old Men at Midnight

Old Men at Midnight

Chaim Potok
In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Chaim Potok
The Gift of Asher Lev

The Gift of Asher Lev

Chaim Potok
The Gates of November

The Gates of November

Chaim Potok
Davita's Harp

Davita's Harp

Chaim Potok
I Am the Clay

I Am the Clay

Chaim Potok