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Yytz,
I was raised Reform. We ate all kinds of chazzerai. I’ve been religious and shomer kashrut for the past 6 years or so, and I’ve found the following to be true. When I travel in other places, outside NY, I find that keeping kosher nowadays is relatively simple (maybe because I hold that R’ Hazdan and R’ Ralbag are acceptable rabbanim), since there are things like Amy’s meals, bagel bites, certain cheeses, hummus, yogurts, bread, etc. widely available and under hashgacha. Certainly, it’s not the same as sitting down in a restaurant, but one can eat decent on the go.
I think kashrut, given the plethora of options, is one of the easier things to keep.
Our challenges go deeper. Emunah, Kavod haRav, tzniut, pornography, parnassa, shidduchim, etc. are all very tragic problems we’re dealing with.
I also once read in the Hakhel journal that one prominent rabbi (could have been R’ Belsky, don’t remember) said that Chol haMoed was the shabbos of our times. Considering the fact that many people don’t know the halachos of chol hamoed, this is very pressing and pertinent.