Part I – Where We Are and Where We Should Be Going
A new paradigm of society is being born, based on new developments in science and in the organizational possibilities of industrial, scientific, and technological civilization. The Jewish people must develop a way to relate to this world in constructive ways particular to itself. What can we take from the cultural resources of the Jewish tradition that will enable us to confront this reality creatively? This book is an attempt to answer this question. 

Introduction: The Background to Optimism
The “flat (globalized) world” that author Tom Friedman describes in his bestselling book The World is Flat, Penguin Books enables the Jewish people to relate to the 21st century as the century in which one’s Jewishness will no longer be a burden or barrier, or constitute a sacrifice. If we are smart enough this could be the century in which Jewish individuals will be able to realize their human potential without sacrificing Jewish ambitions and realize their Jewish potential without sacrificing their human ambitions. Never before have we lived in a civilization so amenable to our temperament and our survival skills.

Chapter 1: The Triumph of Zionism
Any evaluation of Jewish life must begin with the extraordinary success of the Zionist project in the 20th century.  Zionism and Israel have dominated the Jewish landscape for as long as any of us can remember.  Their successes, failings, inadequacies and promise have stood at the center of Jewish discourse for a century.
How have we fared?

We have established a state which has become part of the world community despite Arab hostility.

We have created a vital and highly developed economy despite what some researchers estimate as 44 billion dollars of economic harm caused by the Arab boycott since the establishment of Israel.

Israel has been slowly integrating into the region over the past two and a half decades despite intifadas and wars.

Chapter 2: The Special Case of American Jewry
America is different and American Jewry is different. American Jews are often indifferent to fundamental Zionist arguments and are not impressed with Israeli intellectuals and politicians preaching the classic Zionist message. This is because, unlike 19th century European Jewry, Zionist arguments have had little significance for the American Jewish experience.
As the largest, wealthiest, most powerful Diaspora Jewish community in the world American Jewry can and should

create a coherent “ideology” of what defines American Jewishness

redefine itself and play a special role in the creation of a new Judaism and a new Zionism

Chapter 3: Reinventing Zionism
The ideology, policy and strategy of Zionism in the 21st century must be to provide a framework for the optimal self-actualization of the Jewish individual…There is no one objectively definable “the Jewish people”.  There are, however, many real individual Jewish persons.  There is no objectively definable “the Jewish problem”.  There are millions of individual Jewish problems. The preoccupation with the optimal self-actualization of the Jewish person is the precondition for the physical and cultural success of the Jewish people…

Chapter 4: Reinventing Israel-Diaspora Relations
In order to rejuvenate Zionism we have to reinvent Israel-Diaspora relations… The driving force behind a revitalized Israeli-Diaspora relationship should be the Diaspora and not Israel. The Diaspora should take a larger responsibility for addressing the challenges of creating an enhanced Jewish future and not be satisfied with being subordinate to Israel’s needs.  Diaspora financial contributions were a necessary phase of Jewish history and in the pre-state era and early years of statehood these contributions produced astounding results. The emphasis should now change from monetary contributions to human skills contributions. This would be of greater benefit to Israel and would also enable Diaspora organizations to widen their base of Jewish activity