A mix of history, historical fiction, and speculative fiction, Michael Carin's The Future Jew explores modern Judaism's reaction and response to the Holocaust and finds it wanting. In it's place he proposes a new kind of Judaism, a Judaism that examines the lessons that we can take from the hardships and tragedies of the past and uses them create a brighter future where reason, logic, and thoughtfulness—all characteristics often associated with Jewish culture—guide human actions away from the superstitious, reactionary, and often downright evil impulses that have brought us to the place we are today. ( )