The Reform Sect & Its Insurgency...............from Dan Friedman

[Apparently, some members of Judaism’s “Reform movement” have problems with the direction its leader is taking the renegade faction of nominal Jews. Bully for them. Rabbi “Red” Rick Jacobs has chosen the dark side, and not just recently. Jacobs was in the vanguard of those who describe themselves as J Street Jews. His signature has appeared below many messages to Obama pleading for him to take harsher measures against Israel. Far from being an aberration, this is the natural evolution of a splinter group that holds Judaism has to be brought down before it can be re-formed. It’s time the rank and file realized that Jacobs, and many other Reform “rabbis,” are nothing more than leftist political leaders who on rare occasions may be seen wearing a skull cap. Unfortunately, for Reform parishioners, there is no easy way out, or is there? If you really want to connect to Judaism and Israel, stop wasting time fighting ersatz “spiritual” leaders and take your love for Zion somewhere else. No way around it, one way or another “Red” Rick Jacobs is speaking for you – your righteous anger, good intentions and sincerity notwithstanding. df]


Critics of JADL poorly focused, vicious