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The Chosen comes out of experiences both relevant to twentieth century world history and the particular life of its author, Chaim Potok. Potok includes autobiographical details in The Chosen with regard to each of the two main characters. Like Danny Saunders, Potok was born around the beginning of…

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reuven was taken to the hospital because the glass cut what ?
Posted by elizabeth g #248947
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 07, 2012 7:15 PM
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Explain (in detail) Reb Saunders" code of silence and how it related to Danny?
Posted by kathryn k #209389
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 25, 2012 4:59 PM
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What is zionism?
Posted by kathryn k #209389
Last updated by: daisy a #239023 on Mar 25, 2012 3:33 PM
Answers: 3
 
Why is the book called the chosen?
Posted by kathryn k #209389
Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 25, 2012 12:53 PM
Answers: 1
 
What events happened at the Saunderses' place on Sabbath afternoon?
Posted by jeanette m #232079
Last updated by: jeanette m #232079 on Feb 22, 2012 9:03 PM
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What is a lesson that Danny learns from Reuven?
Posted by melinda l #230337
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 14, 2012 2:04 PM
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Why does Danny consider Reuven and his classmates "apikorism"?
Posted by eileen m #228921
Last updated by: Aslan on Feb 06, 2012 6:01 PM
Answers: 1
 
in what way does freud contradict the teaching of the talmud
Posted by bria s #228823
Last updated by: Aslan on Feb 06, 2012 9:54 AM
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in the chosen who is father of hasidism
Posted by shanley p #214875
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Nov 22, 2011 2:41 PM
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explain gematriya
Posted by jane l #169063
Last updated by: Roskolnikov on Nov 19, 2011 10:36 PM
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five defining moments between Danny and Reuven in the 1st chapter
Posted by b f #177399
Last updated by: Roskolnikov on Nov 19, 2011 10:33 PM
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Does the discovery of the Holocaust emphasize the differences between the Jewish sects, or, instead, minimize the differences?
Posted by jesscia w #210587
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Nov 09, 2011 8:58 AM
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Why do the jewish parochial schools have competetive baseball leagues?
Posted by sabrina s #207705
Last updated by: Aslan on Oct 20, 2011 8:45 PM
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What does the gematriya scene suggest about the character and authority of Reb Saunders? What is the origin of gematriya?
Posted by jerry v #199997
Last updated by: Roskolnikov on Oct 20, 2011 6:34 PM
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What were the three colleges that Danny applied to?
Posted by victoria s #174587
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Oct 20, 2011 3:38 PM
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What did Reb Sauders tell his son when the young laughed at an ignorant man?
Posted by oscar r #207581
Last updated by: oscar r #207581 on Oct 20, 2011 11:57 AM
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What happend to Levi after his birthday party?
Posted by victoria s #174587
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Oct 14, 2011 3:56 PM
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What could happened on Rueven's eye that could impair his sight?
Posted by brandi l #171777
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Oct 13, 2011 5:17 PM
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Did the Zionist movement have a leader/speaker comparable to David Malter preceding the UN vote? Is the character based on an actual historical leader?
Posted by jerry v #199997
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Oct 13, 2011 4:59 PM
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Danny and Rebbe Saunders are part of a group of Jews referred to as Hasids. What is the proper term to use to refer to the group to which Reuven and David Malter belong?
Posted by jerry v #199997
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Oct 13, 2011 12:26 PM
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What is the name of the college Danny and Rueven go to?
Posted by dylan m #176819
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Oct 13, 2011 7:50 AM
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why was reuven upset danny was learning german?
Posted by jane l #169063
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Oct 06, 2011 11:06 AM
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Shabbatai Zvi was a____, which caused_____ disaster.
Posted by george m #178753
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Oct 05, 2011 12:38 PM
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Danny and Reuven view each other as being different. What does danny and reuven have in common?
Posted by nikki r #187239
Last updated by: jerry v #199997 on Sep 28, 2011 11:40 AM
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help with all these questions
Posted by sonia s #202677
Last updated by: sonia s #202677 on Sep 27, 2011 8:38 PM
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