By SARAH NADAV
25/03/2010 19:36    THE JERUSALEM POST

Is modern Orthodoxy an endangered species? A joint conference aims to seek direction for the movement.

Dramatic shifts to both the Left and the Right over the past 50 years have left the modern Orthodox and national-religious movements fragmented. These divisions have been causing friction as some factions push for more stringent interpretations of Halacha, while others are pushing boundaries on formally sacrosanct issues.