Reply To: Describing Differences Between Jews

That explanation is about as accurate–but has about has elegant a flow–as saying that Conservative Judaism is called that because they believe in conservative politics.

+1 popa. modern orthodoxy was the response to many jews discontinuance of practicing judaism. the newly constituted mo hoped to modernize jewish practice in order to keep jews practicing as much judaism as could still be hoped for.

there is probably a greater difference between chassidim and nons, than there is between nons and MO, as far as Jewish hashkafah and practice.

that isnt correct. see my explanation to mr. gavra above about this. (threads third post.)