To the Editor:

While I have very great respect for Rabbi Tendler, I am very troubled by some of the points he makes in his opinion piece entitled, "When Everything Else Fails, Tell the Truth." Rabbi Tendler's statement that "there is no difference between the ideology/theology of the conservative and reform movements" is clearly an oversimplification of the historical origins of these two very distinct movements. However, what troubles me most about the article is Rabbi Tendler's insensitive dismissal of Reform and Conservative Jews as "irrevocably removed from the congregation of Israel." It can only be because Rabbi Tendler has written them off that he is willing to completely disregard the damage and pain such statements cause to Reform and Conservative Jews. As one non-Orthodox member of Yeshiva College faculty reported to another after reading the article, "So I guess I am not Jewish."

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