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The author reflects on the emergence of various reform movements in Judaism in the U.S. He cites the positive and negative factors of belonging to a certain reform movement, and explores the active movements of the Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism in attempting to recruit wealthier memberships. The author points out how diversity in Judaism provides mutual influences to the people and multiple choices of how an individual can find spiritual fulfillment as a Jew.

The article focuses on the goal of Conservative Judaism in the U.S. It discusses the challenges facing Conservative Judaism. The changes in modern Jewish identity can help Jews in the Conservative mold to understand what role God wants them to play. It explains that Conservative Judaism is potentially in a position to unite the people in the U.S. who are divided on issues such as abortion and gay marriage.

The article discusses the implications of transdenominationalism for the future of the Jewish Conservative movement in the U.S. It explains that there are segments of the Jewish communities in the country which suggest that transdenominationalism poses a challenge to the future of the Conservative movement. It describes the basic values of the Conservative movement in Judaism and these values may contradict the ideology of transdenominationalism.

This article shares the personal reflections of the author about Hasidism in America. The author wonders why she did not follow the path of devout religiosity as expected of a Hasidic woman. A particular episode in the life of the author was recounted which inspired in her an acute self-awareness. Living with his family in the U.S., the author realized how they were treated with contempt by American Jews and how they remained unassimilated unlike other immigrants to the U.S.