[Bookman’s] aim is to foster optimism about Judaism’s future by imagining one in which anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, fears about Israel’s continued existence, and assimilation have become less central to the Jewish communal agenda.

Publishers Weekly

Rabbi Bookman, as is his nature, and as is so sorely needed, speaks truth—without fear of consequences. Far from shying away from sacred cows, he brings experience, intelligence, empathy, and chutzpah in addressing the major opportunities and challenges of our time. Read, share, discuss, and thrive.

Sid Schwarz, director, Kenissa: Communities of Meaning Network; author, Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future

We are living in a time when Jews who care about the future of Jewish communal life cannot shrink from asking radically big questions about how our institutions function. Terry Bookman models such an approach in this book. Even if you don’t agree with all of his prescriptions, you will be enriched by the boldness of his approach and provoked—in a good way—to figure out how you can contribute to the next stage of American Jewish life.

Dan Horwitz, founding director, The Well

One of the most remarkable yet little known religious and social phenomena of recent times is the transformation of vast swathes of Central and South America from conservative Roman Catholic to Evangelical and Messianic Christianity, which includes strong pro-Israel sympathies and Judaising tendencies. In this maelstrom of conflicting ideologies Bookman’s remarkable and moving book describes a separate but linked phenomenon: the emergence of powerful Jewish identities that demonstrate yet again the indomitable will to survive of the Jewish spirit.

Tudor Parfitt, Florida International University