“There is a strong and growing segment of Jews who are critical of liberal ideology and of their co-religionists who embrace it. Anyone wishing to understand the critics’ point of view would do well to read Jonathan Neumann’s new book — a hard-hitting polemic against the Jewish left.”

“This highly readable book is a devastating exposé of one of the worst vices in American Jewish life — the penchant of many rabbis and communal leaders to pass their own progressive politics off as continuous with the classical Jewish sources. It also opens a window onto a conception of Judaism that is broader, less partisan, and spiritually richer than many Americans have ever known.”

“For too long, Jewish leftists have used Jewish sloganeering to serve their leftism, claiming that ‘tikkun olam’ dictates their politics. Neumann shows that the linkage between Judaism and leftism isn’t merely false, but fatally damaging to Jewishness itself, and that those who claim they are healing the world on God’s behalf are in fact ripping out the roots of Judeo-Christian civilization while cynically flying the Biblical flag.”

“If you want to read about the left’s co-opting of American Judaism, I recommend Jonathan Neumann’s excellent book, ‘To Heal The World’”

“A breakthrough work that has generated immense attention. Neumann has performed a major service by slogging through the voluminous [tikkun olam] material to compose his indictment.”

“It is all too rare for any intellectual, let alone a Jewish one, to blow the whistle on one of the tragedies of Jewish and modern world history. But that is what Jonathan Neumann succeeds in doing in this consistently absorbing and important book. Keep some tissues handy — if you love Judaism and Israel, you might shed tears.”

“Remorselessly, Neumann charts the way in which progressive American rabbis have grossly misinterpreted or distorted the ancient faith of Judaism, both its religious texts and rabbinic sources, in order to claim falsely that maxims which are in fact hostile to Jewish precepts represent Jewish moral and ethical teaching... This has now become an existential crisis for American Jews...”

“Nothing short of a lethal indictment – actually a conviction – of the leadership of liberal Judaism, documenting the distortion and destruction wreaked by an assortment of misguided and agenda-driven left-wing icons and activists during the past half century.”

“This is a turning point, a moment of awakening about just how bad things have gotten, how distorted Judaism has become. Well written, deep, textually aware, thoughtful, idea-driven rather than ad-hominem. This is the book to return sanity to Judaism.”

“Bravo to Jonathan Neumann for calling us out for losing our balance... Neumann’s timely book unleashes a powerful intellectual fusillade in what must become the great fight of our lives.”

“One of the most talked about books of the season, a meticulously argued polemic that cannot be dismissed as provocation for its own sake.”

“Neumann shows himself to be a polemicist of the highest caliber... A devastating broadside against Jewish radicals who co-opted a Hebrew phrase to claim a special religious obligation to engage in left-wing politics.”

“Neumann’s book is essential equipment for anyone entering the war of ideas over the current decline of American Judaism and its consequent abandonment of Israel...”

“An important new book. The tikkun-olamers, Neumann shows in painful detail, have cherry-picked the Bible to reinterpret the decisive events of Jewish history in their cause... The Jewish Left’s version of tikkun olam reduces a robust religious tradition into contemporary progressive talking points, to human will with a mild Yiddish accent… Neumann is a right-winger like me, and I relish his excoriation of the Jewish left. ”

“Neumann is owed a debt of gratitude for this forthright, spirited, and well-argued book.”

“Provocative and important”

“The debate over Tikkun Olam started with the publication of a book called “To Heal the World?” by Jonathan Neumann. Neumann suggests that the political “misuse” of Tikkun Olam is not only a distraction but a danger to American Judaism – a sentiment that many American Jews responded to.”

“Neumann deserves credit for mounting an unapologetic challenge to a worldview that has gone unquestioned for far too long.”

“an extremely important contribution. Neumann’s book will surely enlighten anyone who wonders why so many Jews have been coopted by the anti-Israel radical left. I highly recommend it.”

“A knowledgeable Hebraic critic considers a concept honored by the vast majority of his co-religionists and finds it all wrong.”

“The work will spark useful discussions about the intersections of Judaism and politics. ”