Reply To: Different Tracks of Modern Orthodoxy

In the Chasidish world yes there are people who are needy(they have a higher population than MO at least per Capita) but BH due to the wealthy chasidim – they aren’t an anamoly – they have a safety net because of the organizations that the chasidim have. This is one area of life that the MO are ignorant. I know from my professional experience that there are a lot of chasidim who are successful in real estate – they are investing in real estate all over the country; there are a lot in the nursing home industry e-commerce construction and they’re killing it far beyond the imagination of the MO. What they do have for those who are struggling are kiruv organizations they try to work on the LCD. In MO world when teens are mechalel shabbos they go oy nebach. Tznius in shul for women isn’t an expectation. Guys and girls shmoozing is encouraged (there’s a major arayos problem in the MO world). There are LGBT shadchanim in the MO world. LGBT is celebrated. That’s the underbelly that exists and the rabbis who personally might be against it such as R Schachter have very little influence when it comes to these matters. Rabbonim are pressured to side with a more liberal agenda and keep quiet about what they really think. On the flip side the frum YU types are very solid but in time they start sending their kids to yeshivish places. They know the college charade game is up.