Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 17. Februar 1929 |
Geburtsort | Bronx |
Todesort | Merion,_Pennsylvania |
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Beschreibung | Chaim Potok (17. Februar 1929 - 23. Juli 2002) war ein amerikanischer Autor und Rabbiner. Sein erstes Buch The Chosen (1967) stand 39 Wochen lang auf der Bestsellerliste der New York Times und verkaufte sich mehr als 3 400 000 Mal. |
Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.
As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.
All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it.