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Peter Gadol
American author (born 1964)
Peter Gadol | |
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| Born | Peter Daniel Gadol (1964-04-15) April 15, 1964 (age 60) Summit, New Jersey, United States |
| Education | Harvard College (AB) |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, educator |
| Known for | Fiction |
Peter Gadol (born April 15, 1964), is an American novelist, and educator. He is chair and professor of MFA writing program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.
Early life and education
Peter Daniel Gadol was born on April 15, 1964, in Summit, New Jersey, and grew up in Westfield, New Jersey.[1][2][3]
He received an A.B. magna cum laude in English and American literature from Harvard College in 1986. While at Harvard College, he studied writing with Seamus Heaney, and wrote a thesis on Wallace Stevens under the supervision of Helen Vendler. He also edited the literary magazine The Harvard Advocate, and served for two years a intern in fiction at The Atlantic.
Career
Gadol is the author of seven books. His debut novel, Coyote, published by
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On Writing Gadol Biographies
More than twenty years ago, I wrote an op-ed entitled, "Are Gadol Biographies Good for Us?" Little did I dream at the time that I would soon be asked to write the first of many biographies of major Jewish leaders. From that experience, I learned to be careful with my words lest they come back to haunt me.
At least one person benefits greatly from the writing of a "gadol biography" – the author himself. The best such biographies require a total immersion in the subject's life, until one is constantly asking oneself: How would he have approached this subject? Why did he make that choice? Living with a great person for years can only uplift a person, though, as with everything in life, no degree of inspiration lasts unless translated into concrete actions.
At their best, biographies of gadolim should provide the reader with the experience of living in the presence of the subject. I have witnessed how a maggid shiur with sterling middos can, over a period of years, transform every single person in a shiur. And the same thing should be true of a
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Gadol
Most revered rabbis of the generation
Gadol or godol (גדול, plural: gedolimגדולים) (literally "big" or "great" in Hebrew) is used by religious Jews to refer to the most revered rabbis of the generation.
Usage
The term gadol hador refers to the "great/est (one of) the generation" denoting one rabbi who is presumed to be even greater than the others. Other variations of the term are Gadol Yisrael or a Gadol BeYisrael (plural: Gedolei Yisrael), meaning "great one of the Jewish people".
A similar title is Rashkebahag, which is an acronym for "Rabbon shel kol bnei hagolah" (The sage and teacher of the entire Jewish diaspora). Another term is Manhig Yisroel (plural: Manhigei Yisroel), literally "leader of Israel".
The title gadol hador is usually only given to one Jewish Sage at a time, while the title "Rashkebahag" can be given to a few, and the term Gedolei Yisrael collectively refers to all leading rabbis in the Haredi community.
The term is generally applied to rabbinic leaders since World War I.
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