My Name Is Asher Lev

My Name Is Asher Lev (1972) is a book written by Chaim Potok about a Jewish boy, Asher Lev, who is an artist growing up in Brooklyn.

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1972 - Chaim Potok - Jewish - Artist - Brooklyn

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Lev is forced to fight with the Hasidic Jewish community to use and keep his great gift of drawing, as many see his artistic skills as a waste of time, or worse —as a "gift from Satan."

Related Topics:
Hasidic - Jewish - Drawing - Satan

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His father is a missionary for his rabbi in an earnest campaign to unite and bring hope to disparate Jewish communities around the world.

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