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The promise of a fresh start and the lack of a state religion proved to be one of the main forces driving persecuted immigrants from Europe to wash up on the shores of the “promised land” – the United States of America. The mostly classless society enabled poor immigrants to use their sheer will and ingenuity to make it big and change their fortune. On the other hand, the six-day work week proved to be a big detriment to the spiritual legacy of the newly American Jew. Rabbi Wein paints a detailed picture of the Jewish American experience as only he can. Taking you from the first small community of Jews in colonial times to beyond the aftermath of Churban Europe.