joseph
rybs, who is looked at (for the most part) as being the “shitah maker” for MO wrote that orthodox jews must excell
“in demonstrating to the world that the torah jew need not cower in a corner and gaze with sadness and resignation as life and the world pass him by.
The orthodox jew must demonstrate that he navigates with pride the floW and currents of the modern world and participates in a life that is racing ever more rapidly towards new horizons and great accomplishments in the domains of science and technology.
We must demonstrate that in all cultural, social and scientific situations a jew can study Torah and live as a faithful torah jew.
We must show the world that not only does halakha not restrain the intellectual and emotional capacities and worldly knowledge of the jew, on the contrary, it deepens them greatly.”
source: “Community, covenant, and commitment” by R yosef dov halevi soloveitchik