About the author: quoting from the book's back cover, "Michael Lerner is the editor of Tikkun magazine, and holds Ph.D.'s in philosophy and in clinical psychology. He is the author of 'Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation' and with Cornel West, author of 'Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin'. He is rabbi of Beyt Tikkun synagogue in San Francisco." Cornel West, author of, "Race Matters," said of this work, "[This] powerful book speaks to our profound crisis of society and soul with deep and important new insights. Have the courage to read it."