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5784, Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

Included here you will find two documents written during the Jewish year 5784 by two close friends who happen to be Jewish. These pieces are based off of a year of conversations together, as well as with other Jews close to them. They reflect on the misery, dread, hopes and observations of the authors, and are not intended to advocate any existent political group, ideology or anything else like that. One is a collection of connected writings on the relationship between Zionism and Diasporaism, and where Jews might go moving forward. It is framed around some of the holidays throughout the year, using them as jumping off points to examine grief, climate collapse, vengeance, self-defense, tech addiction, assimilation, and joy during hopelessness. The other is an investigation into the relationship between the mainstream pro-Palestinian movement in the West, and various promoters and lobbyists who have used it for their own entryism. These include millionaire affiliated authoritarian-communist groups, antisemitic fascist movements, Islamic-nationalist movements, Jewish liberal groups consumed by identity politics, and the general rise of third positionism as an acceptable ideology for

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