JL;DR SUMMARY Steven Gotlib reviews Joshua Leifer's book "Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life," focusing on the evolution and decline of the once-core pillars of American Jewish identity: Americanism, Zionism, and Liberalism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.