We are alarmed to learn that the Union for Reform Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly (along with other non-Orthodox organizations) signed this ludicrous statement condemning the government's efforts to combat antisemitism: Broad Coalition of Mainstream Jewish Organizations Release Statement Rejecting False Choice Between Jewish Safety & Democracy.
There is no need to "reject the false choice between confronting antisemitism and upholding democracy," as no such false choice exists. President Trump ran on the promise to remove America-hating, Jew-hating foreign nationals from our campuses. Students here on a visa are not citizens and cannot break the law by occupying buildings, assaulting Jewish students, or materially supporting genocidal terrorist organizations. American taxpayers are not obligated to fund private universities who refuse to uphold our country's civil rights laws. In order to maintain federal funding, universities must return to admissions based on meritocracy and stop engaging in racial discrimination. This is what the American people voted for!
The joint statement appears to be spearheaded by the JCPA's CEO Amy Spitalnick, previously the press secretary for J-Street, a terrorist apologist organization. The JCPA is so radically left that the Jewish Federations of North America cut ties with them years ago. They refuse to place Jewish interests over their progressive worldview. Why do our synagogue organizations stand with the efforts of this group? Why should our dues go to these organizations?
Currently, non-Orthodox American Jewish leadership is determined to place American Jewry on a suicidal trajectory. We cannot "Tikkun Olam" if we are dead.
Sincerely,
Molly Finkle
Josh Finkle
Liz Stringer Cavaliere
Elliot Reisman
Stacy Feldbaum
Tamar Glick
David Samuels
Sheila Samuels
Janet Kass
Merrill Marx
Carly
Ellen Solomon
Caroline Schwartz
Navit Shchigel
Liz Platsis
Joan Cohen
Polina Komberg
Molly Dunn
Mark Eckstein
Deganit Ruben
Marci Kulbak
Scott Rosen
Michelle Winn
Andrew Winn
Deena Swidler
Einav Frenkel
Karen Gansberg
Monica Simpson
Karen Kantz
Judith Samson
Sara Daniels
Dina Linfoot
Debra Mesnick
Polina Khaz
Katherine Adelson
Linda Goudsmit
Robert Goudsmit
Boyd H. Winslow MD
Brent Rubin
Sherry Zander
S Salamon MD FRCSC FACS
Stewart Donnell
Shelah Horvitz
Anna Keiserman
Tina Carter
Janine Boiarsky
Sybil Berman
Dan Tannebaum
Rhonda Audia
Cyndi Berck