@Alon @BenRossTransit but the jewish diaspora, in the west, in the aspiring west of eastern europe with its long, dark history, has been able to rely on a kind of caution and immunity conferred by the moral absolute of the holocaust. i think that’s gone. i think the transformation will be tectonic over time. it will polarize the diaspora into a much more distinctive and aggrieved community on the one hand and integrationists who increasingly disavow their historical jewish identity. 2/