After Tragedy and Triumph: Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience »

Michael Berenbaum explores the Jewish identity of his generation, the first to mature after tragedy and triumph.

Foreword Richard L. Rubenstein; Introduction;

Part I. The Holocaust in Contemporary American Culture:

1. The nativization of the Holocaust;
2. The uniqueness and universality of the Holocaust;
3. Public commemoration of the Holocaust;
4. Is the centrality of the Holocaust overemphasized? Two dialogues;
5. Issues in teaching the Holocaust;
6. What we should teach our children;
7. The shadows of the Holocaust;

Part II. Jewish Thought and Modern History:
8. Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber Reconsidered;
9. The problem of pluralism in contemporary orthodoxy: philosophy and politics;
10. From Auschwitz to Oslo: the journey of Elie Wiesel;
11. Jacob Neusner and the renewal of an ever-dying people;
12. Political Zionism's would-be successors: sectarianism, Messianism, nationalism, and secularism;
13. The situation of the American Jew; Notes; Index.