1. Author is an authority on progressive Judaism, and popular retreat leader.
2. Successful author of 40 other books; has been publishing regularly since the 1980s.
3. Author is a popular media guest who has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, PBS, and the BBC.
4. Many American Jews identify with Buddhism, with its absence of a personal God. This book will appeal naturally to those often called ?Jew-Bu's.?
5. Book is written accessibility, in a lively manner, with ample personal illustration.

Rabbi Rami Shapiro, PhD is an award-winning author of over thirty-six books on religion, spirituality, and recovery. He codirects the One River Foundation, is a contributing editor with Spirituality and Health Magazine, hosts two podcasts?Essential Conversations with Rabbi Rami, and Conversations on the Edge?and a weekly Zoom ?talk show? called Roadside Assistance at the Corner of Tohu va-Vohu (Wild and Chaos). He is the author of dozens of books including Judaism without Tribalism (Monkfish, 2022), and the 2020 recipient of the Huston Smith Award for Excellence in Inter-Spiritual Education.