Race rights and recognition : Jewish American literature since 1969 Introduction : the politics and ethics of Jewish American literature and criticism Portnoys complaint : its about race not sex (even the sex is about race) Re reading Cynthia Ozick : pluralism postmodernism and the multicultural encounter The new new pluralism : religion community and secularity in Allegra Goodmans Kaaterskill Falls Recognition and effacement in Lore Segals Her first American Responsibility unveiled : Tony Kushners Homebody Kabul Globalizations complaint : Gary Shteyngarts Absurdistan and the culture of culture Epilogue : less Absurdistan more Boyle Heights