Chaim Potok

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American writer human novelist rabbi

Chaim Potok was a prominent American novelist and rabbi best known for his explorations of Jewish identity and tradition in works such as "The Chosen" and "My Name Is Asher Lev."

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Label Occurrences
Chaim Potok canonical 3
Chaim Tzvi Potok 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
academicDegree PhD ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain cancer ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
conflictParticipatedIn Korean War ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-02-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-07-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Jewish Theological Seminary of America ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Yeshiva University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Potok ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish philosophy ⓘ
literature ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName Chaim Potok self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chaim Tzvi Potok
genre historical fiction ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
givenName Chaim ⓘ
influencedBy Jewish theology ⓘ
Talmudic scholarship ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableAward Edward Lewis Wallant Award ⓘ
notableWork Davita's Harp ⓘ
In the Beginning ⓘ
My Name Is Asher Lev ⓘ
The Chosen ⓘ
The Gift of Asher Lev ⓘ
The Promise ⓘ
Wanderings ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfDeath Merion Station, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Merion

Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
positionHeld editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Adena Sara Mosevitzky ⓘ
writingFocus Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish life ⓘ
Jewish identity ⓘ
tradition and modernity in Judaism ⓘ

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Jewish American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Chaim Potok ⓘ
The Chosen → authorOfSourceWork → Chaim Potok ⓘ
The Chosen → screenwriter → Chaim Potok ⓘ
Chaim Potok → fullName → Chaim Potok self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chaim Tzvi Potok