Yehudis, i agree that there are differing levels of observance in MO; some are just shy of the yeshiva world. But the incubation of institutionalized heresy and devaluation of torah precepts is real and it has results. If MO valued torah as a whole the same as they value secular studies, they wouldn’t spend more time on the latter and be satisfied with a trifle superficial amount of the former. They would communally pursue advancement of Torah learning, but rather, the most important thing is higher education and a career. Of all the MO people in the country, one school, YU is the olace where those who have a drop more interest in learning go. Even there, it’s a minority who are talmidim of rabbi shechter and rabbi willig; most are there mainly for the college.
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