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| 1. |  | My Name Is Asher Lev from Anchor Price: $7.94 Customer Review:  When I was a kid, "My Name is Asher Lev" was on my parents' bookshelf, as it probably was for every Jewish family in America. I didn't read the book at that time, though I probably opened it on a rainy day when I was banned from the television. So, I picked it up at the library with curiousity... |
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| 2. | [no image] | The Chosen from Fawcett Customer Review:  'The Chosen' is one of those books that I've seen on bookshelves in both new stores and paperback exchanges for most of my life - so much so that I felt like I'd somehow absorbed it without ever reading it. On the advice of a friend, I finally sat down with it, and while the contents weren't exactly... |
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| 3. |  | As a Driven Leaf from Behrman House Price: $6.50 Customer Review:  Steinberg's historical novel is well documented and extremely well written. In this book he tells the life story of a real rabbi who struggled with belief in the God of Judaism and who sought intellectually to find truth outside of religion. In a wonderful tale the issues of faith and doubt that... |
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| 4. |  | The Promise from Penguin Customer Review: During a 1986 lecture Chaim Potok reflected on his fiction, and he addressed specifically the secular-religious conflict of "The Promise": "Danny Saunders chops up Freud, and Reuven Malter chops up the Bible and the Talmud, each for his own convenience. Is this an intellectually honest way to... |
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| 5. |  | Davita's Harp from Ballantine Books Price: $8.49 Customer Review: Beautifully written story, evocative of a place and time I shared with Davita. It threw me right back to the comfort and contradictions of organized religious tradition I experienced as a young girl. I just reread it after 20 years had passed. As wonderful as ever. |
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| 6. |  | Old Men at Midnight (Ballantine Reader's Circle) from Ballantine Books Price: $3.99 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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| 7. |  | The Gift of Asher Lev from Ballantine Books Price: $7.44 Customer Review: I wish I hadn't read this book. It was well-written, but so sad. Haunting. Years later, I still think about it, and feel so bad for Asher. The book was a great read, but I still wish I'd stopped while he still had a chance. |
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| 8. |  | In the Beginning from Knopf Price: $58.80 Customer Review: Averse to books (and movies) with gratuitous sex and violence? Try Chaim Potok. His books tend to honor the gentle, sensitive (see [..]) intellectual. In this book, you follow the childhood of David Lurie, a Jewish boy growing up in 1930s and '40s Bronx (New York). An early injury leaves him... |
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| 9. |  | Wanderings: History of the Jews from Fawcett Price: $37.60 Customer Review: The description of the books condition was very accurate. There were no surprises. The shipping was quick and hassle free. What more could you ask for. |
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| 10. |  | The Chosen from Simon and Schuster Customer Review: The Chosen by Chaim Potok was never excited or intense in its events that took place in the story of Reuven's and Danny's lives together. However, so many things can be learned from the story that make up for the lack of action. Potok embedded messages in this story through the way Reuven changed... |
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| 11. |  | I Am the Clay from Fawcett Price: $3.15 Customer Review: The old man and the old woman, along with countless other refugees from the Korean War are struggling to survive when they pick up "the boy," a lad of about 11 who is seriously wounded and seems unlikely to survive. The boy is named Kim Sin Gyu, but the name is never used; all the other characters... |
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| 12. |  | The Chosen from Fawcett Crest Price: $9.74 | |
| 13. |  | The Gates of November from Ballantine Books Price: $5.99 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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| 14. |  | JPS Torah Commentary, 5 Volume Set from Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $449.00 Customer Review: Good, but due to the type of publication the material is not extensive and does not contain a critical commentary but general comments that may open the door to furter study. |
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| 15. |  | The Book of Lights from Ballantine Books Price: $3.41 Customer Review: A book of beauty and power. The story stays with you long after you have read it. |
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| 16. |  | My Name is Asher Lev from Penguin Books Price: $19.95 Customer Review: I was informed immediately by the vendor of the expected arrival time. While I was a little impatient for want of going on to the next Chaim Potok book (I read all my authors from first book written to last,) it did arrive within the time frame given, and the book was in the promised condition. I... |
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| 17. | [no image] | Firstfruits: A Harvest of 25 Years of Israeli Writing from The Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $166.04 Customer Review: In this digest, published to celebrate the 1973 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of the State of Israel, compiled and edited by James Michener, we examine 15 short stories by the cream of Israeli writing talent during the State of Israel's formative years. This digest gives us a... |
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| 18. | ![The Chosen [Play]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JA9H75VVL._SL160_.jpg) | The Chosen [Play] from Dramatist's Play Service Price: $7.48 Customer Review: A neat, concise little script from the novel by Chaim Potok. The only drawback I see is that the font size is about 11, and much of it is single-spaced and a little crowded in the layout. |
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| 19. | [no image] | WANDERINGS: CHAIM POTOK'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS from Fawcett | |
| 20. | [no image] | My Name Is Asher Lev from Alfred A. Knopf Price: $39.95 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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| 21. |  | 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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| 22. |  | The Promise from Alfred Knopf Price: $33.40 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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| 23. |  | The Chosen: And Related Readings (Literature Connections) from Holt McDougal Price: $8.53 Customer Review: The Chosen is a capturing story of two boys as they grow and mature throughout their friendship and into adulthood. Reuven Malter is a secular Jew while Danny Saunders is a Hasid. The two are naturally opposed by their religion and unleash their anger toward each other in what is no ordinary... |
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| 24. |  | My Name is Asher Lev from Fawcett Crest Price: $12.95 Customer Review: This is a poignant story of following your dreams at any cost written by the late Judaic author Chaim Potok. Potok takes us into the other world-like realm of the Chassidic environs of New York where we come upon a brilliant Chassdic yeshiva student named Asher Lev studying the Talmud and other... |
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| 25. |  | Spark Notes The Chosen from SparkNotes Price: $2.50 | |
| 26. | [no image] | Old Men at Midnight from Knopf | |
| 27. | [no image] | The Chosen from Simon and Schuster | |
| 28. |  | My First 79 Years: Isaac Stern from Da Capo Press Price: $4.00 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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| 29. | [no image] | Chosen from FAWCETT PUBLISHERS Customer Review: It was a rare treat. A novel without kitschy romance or sex. I couldn't put it down and hated for it to end. |
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| 30. |  | The Chosen, with Connections from Steck-Vaughn Price: $11.91 Customer Review: I bought this to replace my shattering paperback copy. I'm sure there's nothing more to say about the plot or the author or the characters - it's on my "read every year" list. |
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