NEW YORK (AP) - The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism said Wednesday that synagogues in the movement shouldn't work with the Rev. John Hagee, a Christian Zionist, calling him an "extremist" on Israeli policy who disparages other faiths.
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(Photo: AP Images / Charles Rex Arbogast, File)Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, is shown in this 2007 file photo in in Rosemont, Ill. Yoffie said Wednesday that synagogues in the movement shouldn't work with the Rev. John Hagee, a Christian Zionist, calling him an 'extremist' on Israeli policy who disparages other faiths.
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the liberal Union for Reform Judaism, said Hagee and his group, Christians United For Israel, reject any Israeli land concessions to achieve peace with the Palestinians.
Reform Judaism supports creating a Palestinian state; Hagee sees a biblical mandate for the territory so End Times prophecy can be fulfilled.
Yoffie also condemned Hagee's views on Roman Catholicism and Islam. The San Antonio pastor has suggested that Catholic anti-Semitism shaped Adolf Hitler, among other comments.
Hagee has vehemently denied he is anti-Catholic and said his remarks have been mischaracterized.
But Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, distanced himself from Hagee last month, after the pastor endorsed him, following an uproar over Hagee's views of Catholicism.
"On Israeli-Palestinian politics, John Hagee and the CUFI are extremists," Yoffie said, in a speech to Reform rabbis meeting in Cincinnati. "In expressing contempt for other religions and rejecting territorial compromise under any and all circumstances, their views run against the American grain."
The Union for Reform Judaism represents more than 900 North American synagogues.
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JOH HAGEE AND HSI SONS SHOULD PUT ON SOME MOO MOO SIZED ARMY CLOTHES AND GO FIGHT IN IRAQ, IF HE IS SO WORRIED ABOUT ISRAEL, BUT NO HE HAS FOUND A WAY TO MAKE MONEY ON IT.
Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds - Jeremiah 14:14
EVERYTHING PASTOR HAGEE SAYS, HE BACKS WITH THE WORD OF GOD.IF YOU POINT YOUR FINGER AT HIM, YOU ARE POINTING YOUR FINGER AT GOD.BE CAREFULL WHAT YOU SAY!
Rev. John Hagee is a good preacher but I am very skeptical about the prophetic preachers
because many have appeared from time to time, sold their books and tapes for a very high
profit margin; thus made a lot of money by using some mysterious Biblican subject. Now, he
is jumping to a new arena by courting Israel to have influence with the Jewish community.
Is he trying to take the place of late Dr. Jerry Falwell? Let us wait and see.
correction
'Roams' should be 'Romans'
Thanks for the link Online4Him.
I like a lot of what Hagee preaches about on many topics but on this one about the Jews not needing their Messiah for their salvation, he is just plain wrong.
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." (Roams 1:16)
How can Hagee not see this?
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world - 1John 4:1.
http://www.apprising.org/archives/2007/11/john_hagee_deni.html
Well at least Hagee has done interviews with Catholic news agencies over the last few days and has outlined all the things he has done for the Catholic Church. It's nice to know that he states he has been misquoted about his statements about the Catholic Church and based on scripture doesn't see the Catholic Church as playing a negative role in end times. I think there has to be forgiveness and he has been reaching out and apologizing.
There is a clear Bible mandate for the lands held by Israel and a covenant given by God Almighty. It should be clear to anyone who reads the Old Testament that the lands God promised to Abraham and his decendents are NOT to be divided. It's time to stop negotiating with Gods property and stand firm. Israel has the history, the Bible mandate and the covenant to hold all the land promised to Abraham. Stop negotiating with terrorist, start trusting God.
"their views run against the American grain"
It's too bad that this rabbi isn't concerned with what runs against God's grain.