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Rabbi of Crawley – quote “MIR HAS EVEREYONE – CHASSIDIM, LITVAKS, YEKKES, EVEN SEFARDIM AND YEMENITES, BUT NO…. NO DATI LEUMI!!!”
I hate to bust your bubble, but that is not entirely true.
First of all, in my Yeshiva we had a number of guys from KBY, Yeshiva HaKotel, MO schools in America, and Mamlachti Dati institutions. The only thing is that as time goes by they become integrated (by choice) into the Chareidi community, so unless you ask you’d never know that they were once DL. I assume it is the same in Mir.
#2 – Rav Finkel, z”l had a policy not to ask a talmid’s background. His only concerns were “are you interested in learning” and “are you a mentch”. The true reason why you don’t see DL in the MIR is because there isn’t a great desire among them to go there. Given a choice between Mir or Mercas HaRav the vast majority of DL will pick the latter. So what’s your point?