Essay Archive - The Life and Work of Chaim Potok
The Life and Work of Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok lives a very full life he has served his country,
peoples, and religion very well and with great impact. First, to be
discussed is his life birth through the present. He was born at a very
early age on February 17, 1929, in New York, New York to Benjamin and
Mollie Potok. The first university he went to was Yeshiva University where
he graduated in 1950 with a B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature.
He also went to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he left
with an M.H.L. and a rabbinic ordination in 1954. Finally, he graduated the
University of Pennsylvania w....
|