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Will Obama Address URJ Biennial On US Repercussions of Palestinian Refusal To Negotiate Peace? By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Washington, D.C. --- December 15, 2011 .... They come from California, New York, Connecticut, Florida and Nebraska, from every state in the US to share ideas and learn from one another. The members of the URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) gather every two years to study Torah, business development for their Temples, social justice and a wide range of issues pertaining to Jewish life. They also come to hear respected speakers. This evening it was Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak...

March 1, 2007, Washington, DC.... The Republican Jewish Coalition today launched a national grassroots action campaign to stand up to efforts on the part of the Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) to undermine US efforts in Iraq. The call to action informed RJC members that the Reform movement's leadership is pushing the Union of Reform Judaism to adopt a "dangerous and wrongheaded resolution opposing US efforts in Iraq." The RJC called on its members to learn more about the proposed resolution and to express their own opposition to the resolution directly to the URJ president, Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, and...

The National Jewish Democratic Council, which attempted to whitewash MoveOn.org’s vicious hate speech last year (http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=3149) while posting anti-Semitic “Jews as Christian haters” propaganda on its own blog (http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=3172), has suddenly decided that hate speech is bad–when it comes from sources like Ann Coulter and Michael Savage. We note, incidentally, that Michael Savage is among the country’s most vocal opponents of militant Islam, and his show has more than eight million listeners. “Savage Hate Speech” at the National Judenrat Democratic Council’s blog says, “to those who have heard Savage’s radio show, it is obvious that his hate filled-rage knows no...

Destroy the Union for Reform Judaism (legally and nonviolently) by Bill Levinson Mona Charen's Jewish Useful Idiots describes how Eric Yoffie's Union for Reform Judaism, formerly the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, is sympathizing with the enemies of the United States as well as the enemies of Israel. I recall reporting Yoffie's organization to the Internal Revenue Service in 2000, when Yoffie joined forces with the anti-Second Amendment Million Mom March (which I succeeded in destroying) and campaigned for Al Gore with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt money. The 501(c)(3) tax-exempt UAHC used the now-disgraced Million Mom March's 2000 Mother's Day event to...

Apparently eager to disprove the Jewish reputation for intelligence, the Union for Reform Judaism recently adopted a resolution condemning the Iraq War and demanding that President Bush provide "a clear exit strategy," including a plan for troop withdrawals. In a letter to President Bush alerting him to the URJ's action, Robert Heller and Rabbi Eric Yoffe lost no opportunity to flaunt their supposed moral sensitivity. Calling the war a "major tragedy" that has "discredited … America in the international community" and "contributed to the growth of terrorism," the two Reform leaders informed the president: "We also call on Congress to...