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The Chosen
The works listed will allow your students to further explore the theme
of Religious Conflict: Finding Your Own Way and other themes related
to The Chosen:
Fiction
Aleichem, Sholom. A Treasury of Sholom Aleichem Children's Stories.
Northvale: Jason Aronson, 1997. These 25 stories by Yiddish writer
Sholom Aleichem, selected and translated by Aliza Shevrin, capture the
lives of Jewish children living in the shtetls of Eastern Europe. (average)
Malamud, Bernard. "Armistice" in The People and Uncollected Stories.
New York: Farrar, 1989. Set in New York City during World War II,
this short story deals with anti-Semitism. (average)
Rabinowicz, Tzvi. The Prince Who Turned Into a Rooster: One Hundred
Tales from Hasidic Tradition. Northvale: Jason Aronson, 1994. This
is a collection of traditional Hasidic tales. (average)
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
New York: Farrar, 1981. This collection of stories by one of the
world's foremost Yiddish-language writers was translated into English
by American author Saul Bellow and others. (average)
Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. A popular best seller,
this book tells the story of a young girl, Francie Nolan, who grows
up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the early 1900s. (average)
Rothenberg, Jerome and Harris Lenowitz, eds. Exiled in the Word:
Poems and Other Visions of the Jews from Tribal Times to Present. Port
Townsend: Copper Canyon, 1989. A collection of poems that span a broad
spectrum of the Jewish experience. (average)
Nonfiction
Eisenberg, Robert. Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground.
San Francisco: Harper, 1995. For two years the author traveled among
Hasidim around the world. This book not only outlines the history of
Hasidic Jews but captures the spirit of Hasidic communities today. (challenge)
Harris, Lis. Holy Days: The World of a Hasidic Family. New York:
Macmillan, 1985. The author examines daily life among members of the
Lubavitcher Hasidim. (challenge)
Kranzler, George. Hasidic Williamsburg: A Contemporary American Hasidic
Community. Northvale: Jason Aronson, 1995. A portrait of the Satmar
sect in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this book gives teachers an inside look
at Hasidic life today. (challenge)
Malin, Irving, ed. Contemporary Jewish-American Literature: Critical
Essays. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1973. This collection of essays
gives teachers insight into Jewish-American literature. (challenge)
Poll, Solomon. The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg. New York:
Schocken, 1969. Providing an informative look at Hasidim in Williamsburg,
this book will help teachers better understand the world in which characters
in The Chosen live. (challenge)
Schlossberg, Eli W. The World of Orthodox Judaism. Northvale:
Jason Aronson, 1997. This reference work provides information about
the beliefs, customs, and practices of Orthodox Judaism. (average)
Walden, Daniel, ed. Studies in American Jewish Literature 4: The
World of Chaim Potok. Albany: State U of New York P, 1985. This
work contains provocative essays about Potok's books, including The
Chosen, as well as an interview. (challenge)
Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Farrar, 1960. During World War
II, the Nazis sent 15-year-old Elie Wiesel to Buchenwald concentration
camp. This is Wiesel's haunting memoir about his experiences. (average)
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