A number of leading religious Zionist rabbis have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of Reform Judaism.
The rabbis' letter, published last week, said that "Recently, we regret to say that barriers are being broken down and some rabbis are holding meetings and discussions about the Torah with representatives of the Reform Movement, as we supposedly have a 'shared rabbinical discourse' with them."
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According to the signatories of the letter, "One may certainly love every Jewish person, but that does not mean, heaven forbid, allowing cooperation with representatives of the Reform movement that has taken away the Torah and is even now fighting against everything that is sacred in our country: conversion, the Western Wall, Jewish marriage, and more."
The open letter was published on the heels of a call last week by Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who attacked Rabbi Eliezer Melamed for his ties to the Reform community.
Yosef said that Reform Jews "faked" the Torah and "destroyed everything that was good in the Jewish people," and that "they must be kept at a distance so that not even a single person will listen to them in these meetings and follow their path."
Head of the Reform Movement in Israel, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, said in response to the rabbis' letter: "In the midst of a public health, social and economic crisis, prominent rabbis are choosing to spread hate and discord in Israeli society and among the Jewish people, rather than encouraging dialogue, moderation, and tolerance.
"The fact that some of them hold public office only worsens the ramifications of their inappropriate behavior," Kariv said.
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