"They say my paintings are a desecration of the name of God. ... Asher Lev expresses himself and his perception of life through his paintings. ... Asher tries to answer to the intense questioning of his Jewish relations, "I wanted to paint suffering, and there are no motifs in Jewish art that I could use as an instantly recognizable aesthetic vessel for the depiction of my mother's anguish during all the years my father travelled-(Potok 109). ... The Gift of Asher Lev begins in St. ... In The Gift of Asher Lev, Asher's upbringing creates the most tension in relation to his situati...

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