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The Bible's affirmation of Israel's divine election is often ignored or even repudiated by contemporary Christians and Jews who are scandalized by the possibility that God might favor one person or group over another. Beginning with the stories of family rivalry in Genesis and... Read Full Overview

"Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the... Read Full Overview

Following a baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to... Read Full Overview

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Chaim Potok's coming-of-age classic about two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, and includes a new introduction, critical essays, rare papers and photos, and much more.

For use in schools and libraries only. A baseball injury precipitates a friendship between two boys from Hasidic and Zionist families.

For use in schools and libraries only. A baseball injury precipitates a friendship between two boys from Hasidic and Zionist families.

For use in schools and libraries only. A baseball injury precipitates a friendship between two boys from Hasidic and Zionist families.

"Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the... Read Full Overview