22 December 2005 (Thursday)
put me in a box
Update: LZ tweaked the test a bit, and now M.O. is less of a catch-all. I have updated results.
Even though my good friend, the husband of the former Ms. Tamar Katz, was drafting a Modern-or-Yeshivish categorization test some time ago, it looks like Lamed Zayin has beaten him to the punch. My results:
A more careful breakdown of my responses reveals that I am:
Left Wing Modern Orthodox: 73%
Right Wing Modern Orthodox: 90%
Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 40%
Right Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 3%Congratulations. You're Modern Orthodox all right, but wait! Just when you were ready to live an idyllic happily-labeled life they announce Left Wing and Right Wing Modern Orthodoxy. What the heck is up with that? Maybe you need to rethink and refine some of your positions, and then take the test again so I can put you in a little box.
That is way more conservative (small c) than I expected them to find me...how could any test like this not place me squarely in the LW camp? It's probably because I said that men should learn for a few hours at a set time each day, and that Edah sometimes pushes things too far. Go figure.
My new results (same answers to the questions) after LZ's bit of tweaking:
Left Wing Modern Orthodox: 74%
Right Wing Modern Orthodox: 95%
Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 41%
Right Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 3%This means you're: Left Wing Modern O.
You're religious, but you like pushing the edge. We must modernize to survive! You hate comparisons to the early maskilim and to right wing Conservatives even though you secretly idealize Saul Lieberman. Why can't everyone else in Orthodoxy get a clue?
That's more like it!
filched from Hirhurim
I'm confused. What do those percents mean? Aren't you more right wing than left wing (because 95>74%)?
The test told me I'm "Modern Orthodox" (70% left, 62% right, 29% left yeshivish, 5% right yeshivish). Boy do they have me wrong.
But I was really surprised by the question on women rabbis. I wouldn't have thought that even left wing MO is all that supportive of that at the moment.
I know, this is going to be a huge shock to you, ;-) but Aaron and I both scored "Left-Wing Yeshivish."
I don't know his break down, but mine was:
Left Wing Modern Orthodox: 9%
Right Wing Modern Orthodox: 48%
Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 80%
Right Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 43%
This means you're: Left Wing Yeshivish
What does it mean?
So you're frum, but "with it." You know the lingo and walk the walk, but maybe you catch a movie on Motzei Shabbos. Never on Saturday Night though. Sometimes you wonder why all frum Jews can't be normal like you.
And, umm, yeah, it fits.
I was surprised at how I ended up in the basically appropriate box, even though I didn't really agree with any of the answers available to most of the questions. For instance, I think the Internet is a hugely destructive force that is also instrumental in spreading lots of Torah. It's powerful, so its power can go in both directions. I know it's just a cute little test, but I honestly hope most people don't really think in such a black-and-white fashion. I scored right-wing MO, which I guess is a fair enough approximation of the Israeli chardal category, which I feel most aligned with.
I just gotta know, where did the 3% Right Wing Yeshivish come from? I think you may have gotten that just for being my friend.
I got this -
maybe because my cell phone is ONLY a phone, I'm not familiar with Edah, and I skipped another question somewhere.
Left Wing Modern Orthodox: 16%
Right Wing Modern Orthodox: 51%
Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 66%
Right Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 34%
This means you're: Huh?
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What does it mean?
I give up. What are you?
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I guess I should have made up answers instead of skipping questions? I like Miriam's results. Can I share?
