yichusdik: You have your head deep in the sand if you think the pendulum has swung away from right-wing/Chareidism to something more MO or on the left. The Orthodox Jewish community in the United States has become significantly more right-wing/Chareidi over every 15 year period, including between 1998-2013, for the past 50+ years. And the MO community has, at best, stagnated (in 2013 they had the same number of children in school as they did in 1998 while the Chareidi community doubled during that same period – yes, doubled in 15 years, check Avi Chai). According to the 2013 Pew Research Study, Chareidim account for 71% of American Orthodox Jews, including 81% of American Orthodox Jews aged 30 and younger.
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