Susser and Liebman paint a disturbing portrait of the decline of Judaism in in both Israel and in the United States and the various--and mainly ineffective--efforts to reverse that decline.

Charles Liebman, the author of numerous books and articles dealing with the politics and religion of contemporary Jews, is a professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University. He is the recipient of the 1998 Cultural Achievement Award for Jewish Social Thought from The National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Bernard Susser, a professor of religion and political science at Bar-Ilan University, is the author of several books on political ideology. They both live in Israel.