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There have been allegations that Potok's portrayal of Hasidism in this work was quite unfair and reflected an anti-Orthodox bias. Does anyone have better sources for this point? JFW | T@lk 12:29, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Not so. If anything, Potok draws the Hassidic Jews more liberally than many of those sects actually are. For example, it is highly unlikely that a Hassidic Rebbe like Reb Saunders would have allowed his son to associate with someone who believes in "scientific criticism of the Bible." And his representation of the anti-Zionist position of the Hassidic Jews is treated rather realistically, and not unfairly either, in my opinion. 66.108.4.183 21:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC) Allen Roth

[edit] Plot Section Rewrite

I think that the plot section needs a rewrite because it sounds too much like an ad. Wikipedia is suppose to sound netural. --Plus I just found that it was copied from http://www.lasierra.edu/~ballen/potok/Chosen.syn.html and had minor changes made to it. Wikipedia does not accept text copied from other places. This section needs to be rewritten from scratch. --michael180 22:22, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I reverted the old plot section before User:12.156.194.3 added the copyvio. --michael180 22:28, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot introduction

I don't understand this sentence: "Although very vaguely written in the prior sentence, Potok writes contrarily of these places with vividness and rich detail." Also, why is the plot introduction all about place and setting? 14:03, 7 August 2006 (UTC)