Joseph
“Facing opposition in and of itself, does not prove anything.”
Obviously
“How about a new trend in Yom Kippur, turning it into a kimzuts of singing, acapella, a choir ”
Ummm that’s no longer new. I’ve davened in a chasidish shtiebel most of my life they dont have a choir per se, but there is a lot more simcha than yeshiva davening I have attended.
Btw you can talk disdainfully of millenials, but you need to realize they are the future. If you lose millennials Judaism is gone in 40 years or so. Luckily the ribbono shel olam assured us that wont happen in spite of your attempt to write them off
Laskern
“We say all selichos without music and all kinnos ”
Many “black hat” congregations dont and as far as I know this isn’t controversial (regarding kinnos)
”
They need linear translation selichas ”
For many, myself included that isn’t enough. I need a shmooz to set my mood. That too is an inovation.
Unommin
“The generations are becoming weaker, ”
This isn’t exactly news, is it