For those old enough to remember life in the 20th century, Haredi Judaism was a relatively minor force in our schools and institutions. Today, they are dominating our schools/yeshivas, completely taken over the Rabbinate, and are defining what it means to be an observant Jew. I have spoken to many who consider other non-Haredi Jews (yet still Orthodox) to basically be an assimilated, marginally observant Jew whose practice is insufficient. Even in my own life, it was standard to have only one sink (not two, each for meat and milk), and eating non-Glatt kosher meat was fine. Today these practices are considered unacceptable by just about all the Haredi I have met. The Orthodox Judaism of my parents, grandparents, and great grandparents, is no longer sufficient for Haredim.
I normally wouldn’t have a problem with this, since each to their own, but that isn’t the case any more. The Rabbinate is now the arm of Haredim, and they have lots of power, originally just in Israel, but now internationally after they made the RCA bend to their will, and our children will more and more have ultra Orthodox teachers.
I predict that in this century, non-Haredi forms of Orthodox Judaism will dwindle and become illegitimate by the institutions with power for not upholding the halachic standars. The new Orthodox “standard” will be Haredi. The term “Orthodox” will just refer to what we understand as Haredi Judaism today. All other forms may go the way of Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
Happy to hear your thoughts on this.
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