The Mask Jews Wear: The Self-Deceptions of American Jewry

Contents: 1. An invitation to self-examination -- 2. The rise of the modern Marrano -- 3. Jewish enough to inquire -- 4. Ethics without roots -- 5. Finding a worthy minority -- 6. The power of being an ethnos -- 7. Folk without faith -- 8. The state of Israel as our center -- 9. When institution replaces community -- 10. The ultimate unity -- 11. The existential Jew -- 12. Updating an argument: American Jewry faces of the 1980s -- Some personal words.