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Herman Harold Potok was born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrants from Poland. Following tradition, his parents, Benjamin Max (d. 1958) and Mollie (Friedman) Potok (d.1985), gave him a Hebrew name, Chaim Tvzi; "Chaim" is the Hebrew word for "life". His Orthodox education taught him Talmud as well as secular studies.

In 1950, he obtained an B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature from Yeshiva UniversityYeshiva University Motto Torah U’madda ("Torah and Wisdom") Established 1886 School type Private President Richard M. Joel Location New York, New York, USA Enrollment 2,168 undergraduate, 3,191 graduate Faculty 4,714 Campus Urban Athletics 11 (?) varsity. After receiving an M.A.A master's degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. In the UK it is sometimes awarded for an undergraduate course whose final year consists of higher-level courses and a major re in Hebrew literature , and his later rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaThe Jewish Theological Seminary of America Motto V' Hasneh Ainenu Ukal ("And the Bush was not consumed") -Exodus 3:2 Established 1886 School type Private Chancellor Rabbi Ismar Schorsch Location New York, New York, USA Campus Urban Homepage The Jewish The, Potok joined the U.S. Army as a chaplain, where he spent over a year (1955-1957) in the Korean WarThe Korean War from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between communist North Korea and anti-communist South Korea. It was also a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The principal combatants were North and South Korea..

On June 8, 1958, he married Adena Sara Mosevitzsky, a psychiatric social worker, who he met in 1952 at Camp Ramah in the Poconos . They have three children: Rena, Naama, and Akiva.

From 1964-1975, Potok edited Conservative Judaism and also served as editor, from 1965-1974, of the Jewish Publication Society. In 1965, Potok was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of PennsylvaniaMotto Leges sine Moribus vanae Laws without morals are in vain Established 1740 School type Private President Amy Gutmann Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Enrollment 9,917 undergraduate, 8,996 graduate Faculty 4,499 Campus Urban Athletics 33 varsi.

Potok is most famous for his 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio novel The Chosen, which was also made into a film released in 1981, which won top award at the World Film Festival, Montreal, and later became a musical on Broadway for a short time. It was a semi-autobiographical story about two boys. Reuven Malter, a Modern Orthodox Jew, becomes friends with Danny Saunders, an exceptionally brilliant young son of a Hasidic rabbi. The father, Reb Saunders, expects his son to succeed him as a rabbi, yet Danny wants to study psychology, a secular field of study.

He died of cancer in Merion, Pennsylvania, on July 23, 2002.