Chaim Potok

American rabbi and author (1929–2002).

Born February 17th, 1929 in The Bronx. [ref]

Died July 23rd, 2002 at 73 years old in Merion Station (brain cancer). [ref]

Occupations
Bible translator, children's writer, novelist, playwright, rabbi, screenwriter, translator, writer
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.