 YCT, itself, the brainchild of Weiss, however, ultimately reacted to the severe Orthodox disapproval by attempting, at least in name, to distance itself from the term "Open Orthodoxy".The school has removed all references to Open Orthodoxy on its website, replacing "open" with "modern".In an interview with the "Jewish Week" in August 2017, Asher Lopatin, the school's president said