EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT – AMERICA
1. Summary
American ethos – more compatible with Judaism 3.0 than with Judaism 2.0
2. US and Israel are religious societies; American Judaism is not
(i) Historical Jewish rejection of religious America (Judaism 2.0)
(ii) Current realties
-Counter-trend of religiosity in America
-For American seculars – Universalism
-Remedy for American Jews: Religious by association (Judaism 3.0)
3. American Revolution – an embrace of Zionism (not of Judaism 2.0)
(i) American Revolution as abstract Zionism
(ii) Embrace of Zionism – contemporary
(iii) American exceptionalism and particularity
(iv) American exceptionalism vs. European Universalism
(v) Judaism 2.0 – the other side of the debate about Americanism
Developments in America – support Jewish transformation to Judaism 3.0
4. Age of clarity
(i) effect on the transformation of Judaism
5. Multi-identity reality
(i) Political nationalism, ethnological nationalism and economic nationalism
-Economic nationalism
(ii) Counter-intersectionality
(iii) Dual loyalty shifted – Americanism more consistent with Judaism 3.0
-The question of dual-loyalty is not new
6. From “Mayflower narrative” to Cultural-Pluralism
(i) From Judaism to Americanism
(ii) Flourish of new “religion” – Americanism
-Price of Americanism
(iii) America’s shift from “Mayflower narrative” to American Cultural-Pluralism
-Diverse faces of America
(iv) Zionism (Judaism 3.0) as a better representation of today’s Americanism
(v) American rejection of European Multi-Culturalism strengthens Judaism 3.0
-Ethnological affiliation is not political affiliation
-American Cultural Pluralism is not European Multi-Culturalism
-Threat of Universalism and mis-application of Cultural-Pluralism
7. Second act of the American Revolution
(i) Europe connection
(ii) European narrative in America and American narrative in Europe
-Too soon for the American experiment to settle
(iii) American Revolution: From Divine-right monarchy to Divine-right republic
(iv) Europe reactionary: From Divine-right monarchy to no Divine
(v) European Union as a force of anti-Americanism
-Shared interests trump ideological/philosophical differences
(vi) Europe’s sphere of influence in America – Judaism 2.0
-Europe import to America – Israel-bashing and BDS
(vii) Possible realignment of America-led world from Europe-based to faith-based?
–Philosophical
-Practical
-Europe’s influence in America and “the West”
-Analysis of cause of wars -lessons of history-realignment for peace
(viii) How shifts in US-Europe connection effect Jewish transformation
-Case-Study: Jerusalem – America vs. Europe
Americans support and criticism of Israel – enabler of Judaism 3.0
8. American’s political alliance with the State of Israel
9. Popularity of Israel amongst Americans
(i) Popularity of Israeli product to non-Jewish Americans
-Example: Shuk
(ii) From Philo-Semitism to Isro-Philia
(iii) Non-Jews’ embrace facilitates connection through Israel for Jews
10. America’s political shifts and how they support Jewish transformation
(i) Shift in Liberal movement
-Irrelevancy of Liberal Judaism (Judaism 2.0) in eyes of Liberals
-Disdain of Liberal Judaism (Judaism 2.0) by Conservatives
-The reappearance of Mauschel-?
-Herzl’s Mauschels
-Today’s Mauschels-?
-Excuse for Jewish behavior
-Nationalism and the right killed the Jews in last go-around
-The exaggerated and nearly instinctive criticism of Israel
(ii) Shift in the Conservative movement
-Christian-Right
-Rise of Libertarianism, Tea-Party & Isolationists: Limited government
-Alt-Right
-Military families
(iii) Shift of Unaffiliated & Millennials
-The rise of the non-affiliates
-Anti-establishment and Zionism
-Trumpism & Bernism
11. Conclusion: America is already in Judaism 3.0
JUDAISM 3.0 