Naama potok biography for kids in english

After all, her beloved "aba," or daddy, Chaim Potok, wrote the novel of the same name that playwright Aaron Posner adapted for the stage. Naama was too young to read her father's powerful novel about family and the struggle between the power of faith and art when it was published. It is the story of a Hasidic boy whose inner voice compels him to draw and paint.

Naama Potok.

His artistic bent at first seems like "narishkeit," or foolishness, to his deeply religious father and mother. His art becomes unspeakably offensive to his parents' Jewish faith when he begins to paint crucifixions — freighted with Christian symbolism. The story is deeply autobiographical. Potok was raised by Orthodox parents who discouraged him from studying or writing about subjects outside the faith — a proscription he ignored.

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Naama developed an artistic bent as a child, but her father's struggle made it possible for her to pursue her passion without experiencing the soul-shredding conflict of two worlds at odds. That was one of my ways of processing the story. And, as I said, I painted and drew as I was growing up. She found a path to the stage during preparations for the movie version her father's earlier novel, "The Chosen.

By then, the role had been cast, but the conversation led to a small role in "The Chosen" as a party guest and sparked what would become Naama's defining creative outlet. While she chose a different creative field than her father, she says, "my father and I were very close. What he certainly did do was support me. I was very blessed in that regard.

Both my parents did. Naama, who has an MFA in acting from DePaul University, pursued her craft with a passion, taking stage and film roles around the country.