Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-282) and index.
The search for American Jewish identity -- World war II and American Jewish identity -- The Jew as patriot : Herman Wouk and American Jewish identity -- Jewishness and the New York intellectuals -- The ordeal of success : American Jewry since World War II -- American Jews and the business mentality -- Jews with money -- The friendly university : Jews in academia since World War II -- Orthodoxy in Pleasantdale -- The missing element : Nathan Glazer and Modern Orthodoxy -- Politics and American Jewish identity -- Charles S. Liebman and American Jewish liberalism -- The war among the Jews -- Pat Buchanan and the Jews -- American Jewry and the state of Israel -- Blacks and Jews entangled