Reply To: Baltimores chassidish community is growing by leaps and bounds!!!!

gitmeshige-“Now that I mentioned all of that what has the ” left” and MO done to promote any of the above?”
-You do understand that there are several levels in Modern Orthodox right? Those who call themselves “modern orthodox liberal” or “Open orthodoxy” are pretty much flawed in their understanding of what “Orthodox” means.There is no such thing as being orthodox but on the other hand doing whatever you want and lowering Torah standards to your liking.
On the other hand their are many erliche Yidden who just dont fit into any category and dress casual (as in not black and white), and maybe dont wear a black hat on Shabbos so people will view them as “modern” or “modern orthodox”. That does not mean their values are modern at all. Its funny there’s a new term called MO Machmir. But this term is very good way to describe Yidden who fit into this category as I described. They are basically “MO” but “machmir” meaning they are machmir on Torah values and are actually orthodox in their ways. Its basically a lighter version of litvish/yeshivish style (to some extent) just without the label.