"There are many Jews who do not observe the religion, who yet would like to know a lot more about it. There are non-Jews, too, who now and then grow curious about the old Hebrew faith. But the literature is so vast, it is usually so scholarly in tone, and so much of it is not in English, that such readers are often at a stand, not knowing where to begin. I offer this volume as a beginning."

"Anyone who wants to know what orthodox Judaism means to an informed and intelligent orthodox Jew, who is at the same time thoroughly American in outlook and culture, will do well to study this work."