[Avodah] mixed shiur

[Dorron Katzin]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:38, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> I obviously took the question to be about a primarily O-affiliated
> (if not necessarily observant) audience and wondered why an O synagogue
> would invite in non-O rabbis to speak.

I am not sure in what context the question posed by R. Saul Newman arose.
However, it is quite clear that the situation in the essay he linked to is a
diverse group:
http://morethodoxy.org/2011/06/17/reflections-on-our-community-shavuot-tikun-and-jewish-unity-by-rabbi-hyim-shafner/
This past Tuesday night, the first night of Shavuot, over 100 people from
five different shuls and institutions, Reform, Conservative and Orthodox,
came together  to spend the night (some even made it all night!)  learning
Torah together; to stand again as we did at Sinai, no matter our
differences, as “one person with one heart”.

I do not know Rabbi Shafner and do not know the location of his shul, etc.
I have met Rabbi Lopatin, another rabbi who comments on that site.  IIRC,
his (M)O shul also participates in a joint Shavuot program with non-O shuls
in the immediate area.