Chaim Potok, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Author and Scholar
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Nov. 9, 2007
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- O’Henry Award, “Moon” (short story), 1999
- Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, La Sierra University, 1997
- Jewish Cultural Achievement Award, 1997
- Scholar-in-residence, Har Zion Temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1959-1963
- Instructor, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, 1957-1959
- Director, Camp Ramah, Ojai, California, 1957-1959
- Chaplain (1st-lieutenant) U.S. Army, served 15.5 months in Korea with a front-line medical battalion and an engineer combat battalion, 1955-1957
- National Director, Leaders Training Fellowship, 1954-1955
- The National Jewish Book Award for Fiction The Gift of Asher Lev
- The Athenaeum Prize, The Promise
- The Edward Lewis Wallant Award, The Chosen
- Education:
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- PhD, Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1965
- MHL, Rabbinic ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1954
- BA, English Literature, Yeshiva University, 1950
- Other:
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- Born: 1929
- Deceased: 2002
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