Passages: Chaim Potok, 73

One of the great Jewish American writers of the pos-WWII era, Chaim Potok died today of brain cancer. Often compared to Herman Wouk, Potok focused more on the challenges of living as a religious Jew in American society while Wouk focused his stories more on Israel. Potok was perhaps best known as the author of The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev. He was also an ordained rabbi, a university professor, and editor in chief of the Jewish Publication Society of America