DY:
1. Nowhere in the above article does it say that the Roshei Yeshiva feel there is shidduch crisis. It says that the askanim feel that way.
2. Regarding the quote from R’ Dovid Feinstein:
a) you can’t believe everything you read in the news.
b) He was simply using the commonly used term in passing while making another point. This does not prove that he thinks the term is accurate.
L’havdil, but I don’t think it should be called a crisis, and yet, I could see myself using the term in the same type of context.
3. I wrote +1 because I thought it was a funny comment, not because I was trying to get into a debate about whether or not it should be called a “crisis”, but once you’ve brought up the topic… (to be continued)