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| 1. |  | The Chosen (Ballantine Reader's Circle) from Ballantine Books Price: $11.16 Customer Review:  I read this book because it was on the reading list at George Wythe University. I loved this book because even though I wasn't familiar with baseball or Jewish religions, I could easily follow the plot and enjoy the strong characters, friendship and parenting styles behind the scenes. Danny and... |
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| 2. |  | My Name Is Asher Lev from Anchor Price: $10.17 Customer Review:  OK, so the book is about this Hasidic kid who fights his way out of aesthetic blindess. He is poor. He is suppressed. Nobody understands him. He is also a lousy Jew. Why, you may ask, is he a lousy Jew? Well, to begin with, if the only way he could express grief was to drag in a... |
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| 3. |  | As a Driven Leaf from Behrman House Publishing Price: $11.53 Customer Review: I literally could not put this book down - it effectively transported me back to Judea and Antioch in the time of the talmudic rabbis, after the destruction of the temple by the Romans. The author embellishes the story of the apostate Elisha ben Abuye in order to discuss the nature of faith, and... |
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| 4. |  | The Promise from Anchor Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Chaim Potok creates such heart-warming stories...as evident in his earlier work The Chosen...that grab the reader in such a way that you almost become a character in them. Yet, calling his work engaging is a bit of an understatement. The two friends are back in the sequel to Chosen...one is studying... |
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| 5. |  | Davita's Harp from Ballantine Books Price: $10.17 Customer Review:  I purchased this book after reading The Chosen. It was not worth the money I paid & I wish I has borrowed it from the library instead. The story started out well, but after the first 2 or 3 chapters, the story began to drag. The was little to no plot, and not enough substance to the... |
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| 6. |  | The Gift of Asher Lev from Ballantine Books Price: $10.20 Customer Review:  Asher Lev, the artist who agonized himself and his family in My Name Is Asher Lev, is now a grown man. He lives in France and is married to Devorah, a World War II survivor, and they have two children, Rocheleh and Avrumel. The novel opens with the death of Asher's uncle. Throughout, Asher faces the... |
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| 7. |  | Wanderings: History of the Jews from Fawcett Customer Review: "Each time the light returns and we are able to see the new world that has been created on the ruins of the old, we discover familiar elements of the overthrown civilization in the creativity of the new" (p. 379). Although specifically referring in this passage to those Germanic tribes who conquered... |
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| 8. |  | The Gates of November from Ballantine Books Price: $10.17 Customer Review: I was born in Ukraine and immigrated half a year before the collapse of USSR. Many of the accounts I read in this book are very similar to what I've heard and experienced growing up. This book is factual and speaks for many Jews who lived thought the communist regime. While my parents and I see the... |
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| 9. |  | In the Beginning from Ballantine Books Price: $11.86 Customer Review: Excellent study of what it means to be a Jew in America circa 1929-1947, told through the eyes and dreams of a youth who becomes a young man. Also, an exploration of the angst caused by separating yourself, however gently, from the ideas and expectations of your people and your family. |
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| 10. |  | The Chosen: And Related Readings (Literature Connections) from McDougal Littell Price: $19.76 Customer Review: I read this book because it was on the reading list at George Wythe University. I loved this book because even though I wasn't familiar with baseball or Jewish religions, I could easily follow the plot and enjoy the strong characters, friendship and parenting styles behind the scenes. Danny and... |
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| 11. |  | The Book of Lights from Fawcett Price: $7.99 Customer Review:  Ever since I read my first Chaim Potok novel, he has been one of my favorite authors, but in my opinion The Book of Lights is one of Potok's weakest works. It lacks the compelling storyline and easy flow of The Chosen or My Name is Asher Lev. The two main characters, Gershon and Arthur, seem to... |
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| 12. |  | JPS Torah Commentary, 5 Volume Set from Jewish Publication Society of America Customer Review: Written, of course, for Jewish readers and scholars, this is nonetheless a thorough commentary. It discusses almost every issue in the book of Numbers. What is not discussed in the commentary proper is addressed in the incredible number of excursuses. This is actually what convinced me to purchase... |
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| 13. |  | I Am the Clay from Fawcett Price: $6.99 Customer Review: I read this book when I was 13, I couldn't quite recall the plot but I there were certain images from the book that popped into my head. The main characters are known as old man and old woman and the boy. The Chinese Army has begun its sweep South and the villagers of a Korean Village during... |
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| 14. | [no image] | My Name is Asher Lev from Knopf Customer Review: Asher Lev introduces himself in the opening lines of his story. He is an observant Jew, he is the talk of the town following the exhibiting of his painting Brooklyn Crucifixion - not only do observant Jews not paint crucifixions, they do not paint at all - he is viewed as a traitor. The still... |
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| 15. |  | My First 79 Years: Isaac Stern from Da Capo Press Price: $17.10 Customer Review: I was surprised at how bad this autobiography was, considering that Mr. Stern ostensibly shared the writing duties with the great Chaim Potok. This being said, I was grieved to see (post departure) Stern's display of one of the biggest egos in the history of modern classical music. To me, as a... |
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| 16. | [no image] | The Promise from Alfred Knopf Customer Review: The Promise, sequel to The Chosen, finds Danny and Reuven now just in their early twenties and approaching the end of their studies. The battle between Orthodox and Reformed beliefs continues along with its consequential effect on Danny and Reuven, and now coming into the arena in addition to... |
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| 17. |  | My Name is Asher Lev from Penguin Books | |
| 18. | [no image] | The Chosen from Fawcett Crest Customer Review: This is an excellent story, and I feel it's probably a good insight into the religiously sincere culture of Jew family life. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author. |
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| 19. |  | Old Men at Midnight (Ballantine Reader's Circle) from Ballantine Books Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Chaim Potok has long been a crafter of stories that leap off the page into consciousness due to the vivid characters and the reality behind his pieces. "Old Men at Midnight" is no different, except that rather than a complete novel, it is a series of three interconnected stories about Jewish war... |
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| 20. |  | The Chosen from Fawcett Crest | |
| 21. |  | The Chosen from Simon and Schuster | |
| 22. |  | Zebra and Other Stories from Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media Customer Review: Zebra and Other Stories by Chaim Potok is a great way to introduce students to voice and author. Each story presents a unique psychological insight to the characters, and possibly the author's own feelings about adolescent crises. I especially enjoyed "Moon," which highlighted the disconnection... |
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| 23. | [no image] | The Promise from Alfred A. knopf, inc. Customer Review: The Promise, sequel to The Chosen, finds Danny and Reuven now just in their early twenties and approaching the end of their studies. The battle between Orthodox and Reformed beliefs continues along with its consequential effect on Danny and Reuven, and now coming into the arena in addition to... |
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| 24. |  | Holocaust Museum In Washington from Rizzoli International Publications Customer Review: This book tells the story of the founding and exhibits of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. This book does not replace visits to the Museum. It is an excellent reference book to have in combination with visits to the Museum. The Holocaust Museum is one of the finest Museums in Washington,... |
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| 25. |  | The Promise from Fawcett Customer Review: The Promise, sequel to The Chosen, finds Danny and Reuven now just in their early twenties and approaching the end of their studies. The battle between Orthodox and Reformed beliefs continues along with its consequential effect on Danny and Reuven, and now coming into the arena in addition to... |
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| 26. |  | The Chosen from Fawcett Crest Printing | |
| 27. |  | The Sky of Now from Knopf Books for Young Readers Customer Review: Like always, Chaim Potok's THE SKY OF NOW was very entertaining. It was very interesting for me (a reader of Potok's adult novels) to read a story aimed at a much younger audience. Five stars to THE SKY OF NOW! |
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| 28. | [no image] | My Name is Asher Lev from Fawcett Publications | |
| 29. | [no image] | The Tree of Here from Random House Value Publishing Customer Review: The "official" reviewers at Hornbook and Kirkus who didn't like this book must not have been uprooted as kids. I went to five different grade schools, so I could relate. Yes, the story is slow-paced, and there are some loose ends that never get tied up, but that's the way real life is when your... |
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