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What's Meor's message here?

Meor is an Orthodox Jewish outreach organization, or so it claims. As you may know, Orthodox Judaism is supposed to be a religion of modesty and careful regulation of sexual matters which generally involves separation of the sexes. Certainly, clothing is supposed to be modest, married and unmarried men are not allowed to dance with women or to touch them, and generally they don't even talk to one another. And that's the kind of life that Meor is trying to draw people into. However, they use deceptive methods to draw people in and to bolster their attendance figures so as to attract more donations. These are photos from the Meor websites.  From the standpoint of general secular society, this all looks fine. But these people are being drawn into a life where men and women barely talk to one another unless they are relatives, don't shake hands, and the women don't wear shorts, halter tops, or much of what you see in these photos. So the events that draw these people in an...