One our our most distinguished public intellectuals argues, in what is sure to be a controversial book, that the most important development in the 3000 year history of the Jewish people has taken place in the years since WWII: a vibrant, successful, and secure life is now possible for Jews in the diaspora.

Alan Wolfe argues that against this narrow nationalism a prophetic universalism may once again take hold in Judaism, and asks whether this universalism should reject Zionism entirely or strive to make it better.