I am reading Chaim Potok.

I finished "The Chosen" and am approaching the end of "The Promise." I am not Jewish -- I'm an erstwhile Catholic recently returned to my Protestant roots -- but they're fascinating. Potok is a wonderful writer. He really makes the subtle themes he explores come alive. And his portrait of an Hasidic community severely traumatized by the Holocaust and an American Jewish community that seems somewhat baffled by them is very touching.