Please let me know if you do or don't like my doing this. Several people liked his earlier article on being a serious Jew. I'll admit that I had several problems with what Prager wrote because I have been gradually coming to accept the Orthodox approach to Judaism. I've excerpted parts of the article that I found interesting. Given that most Jews will not become Orthodox, widespread non-Orthodox religiosity is what is most needed to keep the Jews alive, vibrant and relevant.
Jewish life needs many things.
Jewish life needs widespread non-Orthodox religiosity far more than it even now needs Jewish unity or to fight against antisemitism. Those two needs are of critical importance, but they have largely been met. The first and most obvious reason why Jews need non-Orthodox religiosity is that the vast majority of Jews are not Orthodox, and if these Jews do not begin to affirm a religious identity, most of them will assimilate. Jews who do not affirm Judaism as the core of their Jewish identity will eventually cease identifying as Jews. For this reason, all Jews who are committed to Jewish survival, even those who have no religious concerns, need to care about increasing the religiosity of Jews.