There is a practice from the middle ages in Judaism that says you can "excommunicate" someone. I just read today that the orthodox are so inflammed (as they should be) by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's book "Kosher Jesus" that one rabbi has come forward and suggest that we "excommunicate" the poor 'rabbi'.
I must say this. Excommunication is a Catholic Christian endeavor. This is not the Jewish way of life.
If you want to change the future of a Jew who has gone against all Jewish teachings and destroys the community as it should be by Torah, there is a way to do so. Disinvow the person.
This does not mean excommunication. It means you disperse his worries to another source. Do not discuss his worries with him. Do not save him a chair in the synagogue, but do not disturb the sanctity of humanity by excommunicating him or her.
Do not stop explaining their mistakes to them and do not stop being their friend in a sense.
But do not invow yourself (put yourself to vow that they are your future) to their name and their keep.
This is the True Jewish way of life.
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