Defender of the faith : a collection of the published writings of Reuben Eliezer Gross : from the pages of Young Israel viewpoint, the Jewish observer, Jewish life, and other journals / with an introduction by Yaakov Jacobs.

A soldier falls -- Jewish looks at the American scene: Wayne, N.J. a tempest in a teapot? -- Our under-organized Jewish community -- The United Jewish Appeal re-examined -- Theocracy and the Jewish state -- Science and humanism: Foundations of modern society, foundations of modern decay -- The mask of neutralism -- How Jewish history is written -- We were not slaves in Egypt -- Balaam, key to Toynbee -- The new idolatry --The "Chamushim" -- A mathematical analogy to the Book of Job -- Rav Amnon's dialogue -- A new look at humane slaughter -- Secular Zionism has reached journey's end -- The recurring cycle -- Torah without mitzvoth -- Thanksgiving day 1884 -- Is there a de facto establishment of religion in America? -- A church & state whodunit, the case of the fallen separationists or ... when is teaching religion constitutional?

An exchange of letters -- Puritan, Cavalier, Jew -- For the amendment -- Jewish identification and the Supreme Court decision -- Relationship of church and state -- Mr. Quinn at the Kosel -- A chat at the wall -- Victory in six days, how long for peace? A new plan for peace in the Middle East -- Not to flee America, but for love of Israel "New breed" of Orthodox would settle in Israel -- Not "Who's a Jew" but "What is Israel?" -- Rohan, the temple and the world -- Israel should talk to the Russian boss -- Rahamim in court and the case for trial by jury -- Peace offensive for entire Middle East proposed: taking the initiative in the public relations battle.

The Knesset and the corporate state -- What sort of people do they think we are? -- The Eichmann trial re-viewed - Religion and state, a new look -- Haganah's elusive transmitter -- The spectrum theory of Judaism and Torah chinuch, extending the "Three-wing" concept of Jewish education -- Federations and the day schools -- Federations and the day schools: Letters to the editor, Reply to Irving I. Stone -- "At the mouth of two witnesses", the Anglo-American legal heritage in the light of Jewish law -- Jefferson's "Self-evident" truths.