In response to my excited post about Rabbi Eric Joffie’s interfaith dialogue initiative, and my apology for ever thinking poorly of the Reform movement, Dan Garwood wrote: 
Tamar, I'm glad to see you reevaluating your position on the Reform Movement. I don't recall everything you've ever said about Reform Judaism, so if I implicitly or explicitly accuse you of something you never actually said, forgive me.
It seems to me that you never really gave Reform Judaism a fair chance. By writing off Reform Judaism, you've disenfranchised an entire group of their right to express and practice Judaism in a way that is meaningful for them.
Granted, there are Reform Jews who don't really practice Judaism. There are Reform Jews who ignore Kashrut simply because it's inconvenient. There are Reform Jews who have never studied a passage of Torah, let alone a page of Talmud. The problems within the Reform Movement are myriad, but it is precisely the committed Jews within the movement who are the first to speak up and say, "This is a problem." The outside world doesn't get to see those people fighting from within for a Reform Judaism that is meaningful.
I found it interesting that it was the URJ-ISNA alliance that made you change your tune. Of all the things Rabbi Yoffie spoke about on Saturday morning, that was the least surprising for me. The initiative that shocked me (in quite a good way) was that which Rabbi Yoffie presented about Shabbat. As he said, Shabbat Shacharit has become more about worship of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah child than of God. His proposal is to find ways of returning the true meaning to Shabbat worship. The Reform Movement has long been known for its political and social activism, but not always its commitment to religious principles. Why then, does the initiative which really stays on course get highlighted, as opposed to the one(s) which indicate a new, positive direction?
Perhaps I'm imposing my own religious priorities on to you, but it seems superficial to repeal all your negative sentiments about Reform Judaism because of one political action initiative. If I, practically a poster child of the Reform Movement, have issues with the Movement and the way its members practice Judaism, then how can you, who seems to be somewhat more traditional in her observance than I, suddenly profess to completely vindicate the Reform Movement?
I suppose it sounds kind of weird that I'm telling you to continue being critical of Reform Judaism. The point I'm trying to make is that Reform Judaism is much broader than each of its initiatives. So, just because the ISNA initiative is great, that doesn't mean that everything else is awesome too. But, by the same measure, when Reform Jews or the Movement do something you don't like, please avoid totally writing them off, as there are still valuable aspects to Reform Judaism. But please, continue to criticize Reform Judaism, and uphold those criticisms that you have held before, because the Reform Movement is definitely not perfect. Do take the time, though, when you have criticism, to take some time to look into the reasoning behind that which you're criticizing, and maybe you'll understand, if not necessarily agree with, why the Reform Movement does things the way that it does.
I certainly don’t think all of my problems with the Reform movement have been solved or made irrelevant by Yoffie’s initiative, but it made me confident that this is a group with a lot of drive and guts, which are pretty important to me. But it’s a great and thought provoking comment. Rock on, Dan!