On 5% of Orthodox Jews not keeping Kosher: I can think of several possible explanations.
1 is as several have suggested, orthoprax people from orthodox families and/or communities who don’t believe themselves and may sneak off to eat at McDonalds or whatever.
2 there is a type of traditional Jew more common amongst Israeli Sefardim than here who know that the Torah is true, but don’t really practice a fully frum lifestyle themselves.
3 there are baalei teshuva and people converting to Judaism who might, for want of a more accurate option, list themselves as orthodox but who are still working on gradually improving their observance of Mitzvos.
4 there are frum Jews who believe in Torah and want to keep mitzvos but may have succumbed to the yetzer hara. I wish I was perfect.
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