Art, religion, culture, identity and the angst of young adulthood are all encompassed in “My Name Is Asher Lev” by Chaim Potok. “My Name Is Asher Lev” is about a young Hasidic Jewish boy living in New ...

“My Name Is Asher Lev,” adapted from Chaim Potok’s novel, centers on a young man dealing with traditional Hasidic expectations and the outside pull he feels as an artist. By Rachel Saltz ...

They include Milton Steinberg, author of the 1939 novel “As a Driven Leaf”; Chaim Potok, an ordained rabbi and author of the best-selling 1967 novel “The Chosen”; Rabbi Burton Visotzky, an ...

Harris’s two-part series about the Lubavitcher Hasidim may have been the most sympathetic and intimate portrayal of an Orthodox Jewish community since Chaim Potok’s 1967 novel “The Chosen.” ...

Latest News on Chaim Potok: ART, MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, And More Announced for West Boca Theatre Company 2025 Season (Dec 13, 2024) THE EASTER BUNNY Comes to Hollywood Fringe Festival (Jun 3, 2024) ...

Based on the late Chaim Potok's 1967 novel of the same name, "The Chosen" presents us with two bright, observant Jewish teenagers, Reuven Malter (Eli Mayer) and Danny Saunders (Hillel Rosenshine ...

Albert Levis with a favorite painting of his, depicting him as one of the Ancient Greek scholars he idolizes, Manchester, Vermont, October 12, 2022. A modern painting by the artist Henry Gorski is ...

Chaim Potok was an incredibly gifted writer. "My Name Is Asher Lev," an intricate story of conflicts in morality and social acceptance versus personal desires, is one worth telling to an audience. But ...

Following a twice-extended run of My Name is Asher Lev in 2016— making it the most successful production in 1st Stage's history— 1st Stage brings another Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok ...