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nationality

American

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playwright

novelist

translator

screenwriter

Rabbi

children's writer

cause of death

natural causes

Bible translator

religion

Judaism

is a place with so much to hate - the dirt, the poverty, the prejudice; and so much to love - the one or two friendships that somehow cross boundaries, the libraries where we join ourselves to the dreams of others, the places where we compose dreams of our own, the museums where we learn how to defeat time, certain streets, alleys staircases, apartment-house roofs, certain radio stations we listen to deep into the night, certain newspapers we read as if they were a testament to the ages.

Different cities boil within each of us. There is so much we hate-the dirt, the poverty, the prejudice; there is so much we love-the one or two friendships that somehow crossed boundaries, the libraries where we joined ourse lves to the dreams of others, the places where we composed dreams of our own, the museums where we learned how to defeat time, certain streets, alleys staircases, apartment-house roofs, certain radio stations we would listen to deep into the night, certain newspapers we read as if they were a testament to the ages. We remember the terrors and joys of our early urban wanderings. We write, and continue the journey.

Chaim Potok

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