Includes a readers' guide with "An appreciation of Chaim Potok's The chosen, by Daniel Walden."

Connections: The man to sent rain clouds / by Leslie Marmon Silko

Two views of friendship / by Robert Southwell

Frienship (song lyrics) / by Cole Porter

Two souls / by Meyer Levin

Psalm 149

Zionism (nonfiction excerpts). My childhood / by Golda Meir ; Declaration of Independence from Israel / by David Ben-Gurion

The church rocked through time / by Richard Rodriguez

There is no frigate / by Emily Dickinson

The blue teacups / by Marjorie Agosin

David and Jonathan / by Catherine F. Vos

The song of the bow

Chaim Potok (biographical sketch).