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The Dark Side of Torah u-Madda: Chaim Potok and Core-to-Core Cultural Confrontation

Noah Marlowe in Lehrhaus · 6 Apr 2022

In this text, the author discusses the concept of Torah u-Madda (the combination of Torah and secular studies) in the Modern Orthodox community.

0 Literature Jewish Law

Sarah Rindner in Jewish Review of Books · 15 Nov 2018

Chaim Potok's posthumous collection of plays offers insight into the struggles of mid-20th-century Jewish intellectuals balancing traditional Judaism with modern aspirations, paralleling Potok's own journey from Orthodox upbringing to Conservative rabbi and novelist.

0 Literature History

Watching ‘The Chosen’ with My Children

Mark Oppenheimer in Tablet · 30 Nov 2017

"The Chosen" by Chaim Potok is a compelling novel about the friendship between two Jewish boys in Brooklyn during World War II.

0 Culture Gender/Identity

The Silence of the Dads

Marjorie Ingall in Tablet · 16 Jun 2017

The article explores the historical portrayal and cultural evolution of Jewish fathers in American society, contrasting with the more dominant stereotype of Jewish mothers.

0 Literature Israel

Some Reflections on Chaim Potok’s ‘The Chosen’

Aaron R. Katz in Tablet · 28 Apr 2017

Chaim Potok's novel "The Chosen," published in 1967, remains a well-regarded work focusing on the collision of two Jewish communities through the friendship of two boys, one Hasidic and one Modern Orthodox, against the backdrop of post-Holocaust and State of Israel founding.