Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Jewish Reconstructionist Movement, the Rabbinical Assembly, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and Women of Reform
ALL of these are so far left they walk sideways.
As for Agudah, they said nothing about gun control, but they don’t sit high on my respect list either. At any rate, it looks as though they threw the Orthodox in there to make it seem as if they were in agreement with their not so well loved jinos. The truth is Agudah forbids their members to join with any of them in any forum or coalition for any reason whatsoever.
“commonly known as Haredim or “ultra-Orthodox” Jews representing Torah Judaism in North America. Not all Hasidic Jewish groups are affiliated with Agudath Israel. For example, the Hasidic group Satmar dislikes Agudah’s relatively moderate stance towards the State of Israel.”
The ultra orthodox are just as bad in their way as the ultra left is in its way. Patriarchal and extremely restrictive.
There are no orthodox groups mentioned, though the JTA misleadingly claims so.
....“All schools face internal threats from the school or from the local community,” states Rabbi Cohen, “but certain schools face threats from the outside as well — from racists and other extremists bent on death and destruction.” To these schools the potential for violence is a constant reality and they must always be on high alert.
Agudath Israel’s message to the Vice President is that the source of the threat is irrelevant — it makes no difference whether the threat is internal or external, whether it is the random act of the mentally disturbed or the deliberate act of a religious or political fanatic. All children must be protected from all threats...