Regarding the NISHMA survery, I dont know if I’m parsing words needlessly, but the survey seems to address why people leave THEIR Orthodox community, not THE Orthodox community? Meaning, a member of a chassidishe community leaves the community he was raised in and still claims adherence to taryag mitzvos, but now as a member of say the local Young Israel and not the chassidus. This person is still a shomer torah umitzvos, but is not part of his original community. Were the questions asked with the premise “why did you leave your orthodox community” or were they asked “why are you no longer Orthodox as part of any Orthodox community”?
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