pt. I. An American success story. Introduction: The Great Transformation -- " ... and some are born Jews" -- "A guy named Shapiro" -- Horatio Alger and the Jews -- pt. II. A Jewish success story. "I had not known how deeply Jewish I was." -- Looking out the window: the renewal of American Judaism -- Jews by choice -- pt. III. Notes on the future. "If they're ever going to get us, they're going to get us now."