Author Chaim Potok, whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing inspired "The Chosen" and other novels that became best-sellers among readers of many faiths, died Tuesday. He was 73. Potok, who was diagnosed ...

Chaim Potok, an ordained rabbi and best-selling novelist whose fiction often probed the dueling personal and spiritual demands of Jewish faith versus those of secular American society, died Tuesday at ...

Chaim Potok was a novelist who paved the way for a younger generation of religious American Jewish writers — and a Jewish scholar who worked tirelessly to bring Jews and Judaism closer together. Potok ...

Chaim Potok, an ordained rabbi and best-selling novelist whose fiction often probed the dueling personal and spiritual demands of the Jewish faith versus the values of secular American society, died ...

Rabbi-turned-author Chaim Potok, whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing inspired his book — and later a movie and play — “The Chosen” as well as almost 20 other books exploring the clash between religious ...

Note: This article was selected as a finalist for The Norman E. Alexander Award for Excellence in Jewish Student Writing Contest. About 60 high school contestants from around the country answered the ...

George Hearn, who won a Tony award three years ago as a proud yet vulnerable transvestite in ”La Cage aux Folles,” will play a stern Hasidic rabbi this fall in a musical version of Chaim Potok`s novel ...

The Forward is a proud sponsor of the staged reading and New York premiere of Chaim Potok’s play, “Out of the Depths.” Join Potok’s daughter Rena in celebrating the publication of “The Collected Plays ...

Chaim Potok, who died on Tuesday aged 73, was a Rabbi, philosopher, historian, and novelist, whose stories depicted the life and culture of Orthodox Jews and the tensions between Judaism and the ...