The State of Modern Orthodoxy

This evening we attended a lecture and panel discussion hosted by the Mandel Institute, featuring Y.U. President Richard Joel, on the topic of the growing divide between Modern Orthodoxy in the United States and in Israel. The speakers and audience all had difficulty talking in any sort of direct manner, but what seemed to come out of the debate was:
1. People interested in the state of Modern Orthodoxy are all about 50 years old.
2. Modern Orthodoxy lacks any solid definition, but seems to have something to do with combining modernity and orthodoxy, and perhaps Israel and Hebrew, but not necessarily aliyah.