Cherrybin,
I was not playing games or trying to fool anyone. HIR and RJC are both much larger than the other congregations in Riverdale, with RJC larger than HIR. None of the shuls have a lot of singles — Riverdale isn’t the Upper West Side. And the typical family size is around 3 or 4 kids per family all around. I never made any claims regarding the minyan attendance or amount of learning taking place; although you would be surprised at the large number of retired folks who attend the daytime classes at HIR, there is indeed far more learning at night at the YI and at RJC.
“does not legitimize Avi Weiss as a Rabbi”
YU has not revoked his semicha; in fact he taught there for three decades and left on good terms. That makes him a rabbi. He has never questioned any of Rambam’s ikkarim; he speaks regularly about the importance of following halachah, he professes belief in Torah Mi Sinai and the authority of the Rabbis to interpret it and bind us to those interpretations. And nobody has ever questioned his personal level of observance. Being a troublemaker does not make one a pasul eid, and that is what the mid-level bureaucrat (whose identity was just exposed) in the Chief Rabbi’s office tried to do.