While the current unmasking of Jew hatred is undeniable, it’s valuable to be careful not to lose perspective. People are currently so close to the chaos that they risk missing the profound transformation that is quietly taking hold. A large percentage of Jewish people have experienced a rebirth in their connection to Jewish peoplehood. The old adage “You can’t see the forest for the trees” certainly applies. Trying to comprehend the geopolitical and cultural landscape today is like watching a screen where the images flicker too rapidly for the human mind to process. The chaos is dizzying and the desire to understand is profound, so people tend to put things into neat symmetrical boxes even if they don’t fit in them.

To understand the future of the Diaspora Jewry in the context of the popular anti -Israel protest movement, we must look at two distinct groups of young people currently reacting to the current global tension, and project their trajectories 20 years into the........

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