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

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.

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

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.