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The Promise

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The Promise	comment	The 1969 sequel to The Chosen. Chaim Potok takes us back to New York City a few years later, where Reuven Malter is now studying for his semicha (rabbinic ordination) and Danny Saunders is finishing up his doctorate in clinical psychology. In the background, great changes are shaking up the Yeshiva world: new rabbis from Europe, refugees from The Holocaust, have arrived and are pushing an almost reactionary brand of Orthodoxy, threatening the livelihood of Reuven's father, who is moving in an ever more progressive direction. And the Malter family's friendship with the family of Abraham Gordon, a most unorthodox Jewish scholar, has repercussions that - in the end - no one could have foreseen.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })
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The Promise / int_20989d05	type	Parents as People
The Promise / int_20989d05	comment	Parents as People: Michael Gordon's parents love him, but fail to see how he's being bullied over his father's scholarship. And his mother is emotionally neglectful.
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The Promise / int_4e3decd5	type	A Friend in Need
The Promise / int_4e3decd5	comment	A Friend in Need: Abraham and Ruth Gordon desperately need to treat their son. Later, Abraham Gordon gives Reuven's father David a position when he's forced out of his job.
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The Promise / int_70ade2c4	type	Culture Clash
The Promise / int_70ade2c4	comment	Culture Clash: Danny was raised in a strictly observant Hasidic family. Rachel was raised by less observant, modern Jews with a relaxed attitude to the secular world.
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The Promise / int_71e8a5c5	type	Trauma Conga Line
The Promise / int_71e8a5c5	comment	Trauma Conga Line: Rav Kalman is a Holocaust survivor, and it's mentioned that he was among those who survived Nazi experiments. Not much else is said, but the reader can fill in the blanks.
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The Promise / int_7f746d79	type	Fired Teacher
The Promise / int_7f746d79	comment	Fired Teacher: Reuven's dad taught at a Jewish high school but left because of a factional dispute. He's hired by Abraham Gordon at the end.
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The Promise / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
The Promise / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: Michael Gordon comes off this way with his obsession both with Reuven and his cousin Rachel. Mind you, he's only fifteen, but it's outright stated he has sexual fantasies about Rachel (and his behavior towards Reuven is incredibly unsettling).
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The Promise / int_aa6043ca	type	Open-Minded Parent
The Promise / int_aa6043ca	comment	Open-Minded Parent: David Malter returns. And apparently Rachel's parents read a bootlegged copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover with her and pointed out the dirty bits.
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The Promise / int_b5788780	type	Jewish and Nerdy
The Promise / int_b5788780	comment	Jewish and Nerdy: In addition to Danny and Reuven, we have Michael Gordon (who's quite knowledgeable about science) and his cousin Rachel, who's doing a master's thesis on Ulysses.
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The Promise / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
The Promise / int_f6214be1	comment	Hollywood Psych: One of the book's flaws is that, to modern readers, it suffers deeply from this. Danny, in his clinical training, treats a very disturbed young man. Single-Issue Psychology and Epiphany Therapy heavily factor into it. Redeemed somewhat by the ending, which acknowledges that despite the treatment helping a great deal, the young man and his family will likely be dealing with the trauma of both his illness and its treatment for years to come.
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