Neo-Bundist Diasporist Manifesto for Tomorrow (Di Luftmenschen)

This incredible neo-post-Bundist statement here by Di Luftmenschen, richly illustrated, in its own right a Jewish art object, reads in part like science fiction of Octavia Butler. The authors are cognizant of Israel (not…a European novelty, but the seed of a re-mingled people, with no homes to return to”), (as a Zionist, much harsher things could be written about Israel). But it’s written over here, or in spaces between here and there, a proud Diasporist manifest for tomorrow. This is an anti-assimilationist call for new communal-social and interpersonal structures and values, commitment to Jewish solidarity and a critique of techno-capitalism at an apocalyptic moment. The Jewish temporalties are steeped in futurism and “cultural time travel.” It runs for some 38 pages.  h/t Edie Portnoy;

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Zachary Braiterman is Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University. His specialization is modern Jewish thought and philosophical aesthetics. http://religion.syr.edu
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