Common bonds: a collective portrait -- On the road to renaissance: the young mens' Hebrew associations of New York and Philadelphia, 1877-1883 -- A renaissance of Jewish readers in Victorian Philadelphia -- Preserving the past to fashion the future: the editorial board of the Jewish Encyclopedia -- Leah's hope: the legacy of German-Jewish humanism in America -- Revival through celebrity: American fame, Jewish identity, and the early 1960s -- Renewal and havurah: American movements, European roots