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Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he's in love, and he's studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die.One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching. Reuven also introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saunders-now a psychologist with a growing reputation. Reconnected by their shared concern for Michael, Reuven and Danny each learns what it is to take on life-whether sacred truths or a troubled child-according to his own lights, not just established authority.In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one's own way in the world.
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Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American Jewish author and rabbi. Potok is most famous for his first book The Chosen (1967) , which was listed on The New York Times' best seller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies.Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
