This volume collects selected seminal essays and articles in five areas of enduring significance and contemporary relevance: Jewish life on the campus and Hillel's role in building a pluralistic center for Judaism; Jewish education in the university setting; Jewish identity and interreligious dialogue; scholarly essays on Moses Mendelssohn's quest for a philosophic basis for Jewish identity, the origins and growth of Wissenschaft des Judentums, the German rabbinate in the years 1910-1939; and finally, Alfred Jospe's own thought, emphasizing active redemption of the world in defense of tomorrow.