The book bya rabbiand professorFayrstona"formally"addressed tothe Muslimreader, butis of general interesta broad overview ofthe most important aspectsof religion, history, cultureand lifestyle ofthe Jews from thetimeof the patriarchAbraham to thepresent day.In today'sshrinkingworld wherethe boundaries betweenfriends,his own, andglobaldisappear, there is aneed for closeattention andmutualdesireto reduce theignorance andsuspicion.
Byvolume, "Introductionto Judaismfor Muslims,"wrotethe AmericanReformRabbiReuvenFayrston(prefaceto the Russian editionof the historianand journalistM.Heyfetsa).The Russian translationof twovolumes ofthe American edition, published in2000by the AmericanJewish Committee,carriedpublisherDAAT/Knowledge, Jerusalem- Moscowin 2008.Translation EditorJosephBegun.