Chaim Potok's novel The Chosen, an admittedly autobiographical portrait of growing up Jewish in America, focuses on the challenge of living a religious life in a secular society. Through the budding friendship of an ultrareligious Hasidic Jew (Danny Saunders) and a Modern Orthodox Jew (Reuven Malter), readers learn what it takes to be a committed, religiously observant Jew living simultaneously in two cultures, one secular and one religious.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
deeply moving and thought provoking:
I am saddened that the previous reviewer found this book boring, but then he/she does not seem to have any experience with Jews. I grew up in a largely Jewish area of Los Angeles, and while I took many things for granted (their holidays versus ours, their outlook on life, their experiences, etc.)I did not acquire any great understanding of the whole culture (as opposed to the religion) until I began to read books by Jewish authors. My first books were by Shalom Aleichem (the Tevye tales, the basis for... more info
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Boring waste of time:
This book focused on two Jewish boys, and their tyrant parents. There was not one part that interested me fromt the beginning to the end. This is a colossal waste of time, and unless you are in a hospital bed, I DO NOT reccomend this book. As a student, I have other things to do than read a book that uses Jewish terms that 1% of the population understands. If you HAVE to read this for school, do yourself a favor and buy the Cliff Notes.This book drags on & on, and is WAY too descriptive.
