As Zionism continues to ravage the soul of the Jewish people, bringing on great intellectual and spiritual decay, there is a great cry to be heard for an end to the madness and a political and spiritual renewal. Many anti-Zionist Jews are gravitating toward the leftist/anti-globalist solution, but that will only fail our people as Communism in general has had a detrimental effect on Jewish identity.
In many respects the current situation among leftist Jews on this question runs parallel to the phenomenon the whole left is facing, that of intellectual weakness and a lack of real relevance as it comes back on the rise. But as we see emerging, as the call to move "beyond left and right" is starting to resonate, the old ideas of Third Positionism are coming back as the end of that ideological staring contest known as the Cold War has brought new life to the old ideas that were the embodiment of Third Postionism. And Jewish Third Positionism is no exception.
Yes, there is such a thing as Jewish Third Positionism. If there can be a Jewish National Socialism, better known as Zionism, then certainly there can be a Jewish Third Positionism. In fact, it could be argued that Jews were the first Third Positionists, that they were the first to reject both Capitalism and Communism, and that they were the first to bring the ideals of the American Revolution to Europe. The origins of Jewish Third Positionism can be found in many places: in true Torah Judaism, in the intellect of post-enlightenment Europe, and in the rejection of Rabbinic elitism. Its story is seldom told, and it is considered to be not but a ghost of history, but as we shall see, it is still with us, its message is much needed in this day and time, and the path is being forged for its glorious re-emergence in the present day.
The Bund
It is now but a footnote of history that in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution, there was in Russia a most dazzling array of different revolutionary groups reflecting the whole political spectrum. Among Jews, the most popular by far was the Bund, the affinity group of the American Populist Party, which, by the time of the peak of the Bund's influence, had long passed and reasserted itself in the form of the Constitutionalist Socialism of Eugene Victor Debs.
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