We Are the Josephus Generation
I have a new essay out. It's about Flavius Josephus and the end of Zionism.
A preview:
Those of us alive today, not just Jews, are the Josephus Generation. We were born in our species’ golden age of climate, and we are burdened with the task of watching our natural Promised Land slip away. And yet, we go on, just as Josephus did.
One is forced to ask whether the Jewish story and Jewish sovereignty in Israel, or any other land, are the same thing.
They aren't. They can't be. The story continues. The Jews survive. Indeed, we have survived because we did not relish martyrdom.
You can read the full piece here:
The Josephus Generation — Abraham Josephine Riesman // Writer
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Be well.
J