Helen,

The fact that you'd be "up and out of that service--and that temple--in a jiff" says more about the pathetic state of Jewish services and temples then it does about anything else.

When people are truly inspired by a religious movement, they will not abandon the movement so casually over a political disagreement, no matter how intense.  My point is not that anyone religiously inspired is in a cult and can't get out--just that if a movement has real spiritual meaning, you don't abandon it casually.  

The typical Jewish congregation today is little more than Israel, the holocaust, tikkun olam, endless talmudic debate, and/or ever-present gossip.  Given this reality, it's no wonder you'd walk out without hesitation.

--Z