On the Eve of the Return
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This speculative essay examines the future of American Judaism in 2104, written from the perspective of lunar inhabitants preparing to return to Earth following catastrophic environmental destruction. Through a narrative methodology that projects contemporary Jewish denominational conflicts into a futuristic setting, Stollman explores themes of religious unity, technological advancement, and spiritual continuity. The analysis draws heavily on the philosophical work of fictional scholar Devorah Adayim to argue that revelation represents a continuous thread connecting past and future Jewish experience. The study traces how the "Great Schism" in modern Jewry, originating in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries during America's "Golden Age," led to unprecedented divisions within the Jewish community. Following the "Wars of the Deep Waters" and subsequent lunar exile through the "Multi-Dispersionary Moon Project of 2064," Jewish communities have maintained their traditions while developing enhanced understanding of time, matter, and spirituality through technological advances including "prion enhancement" and "Organic Resonance Frequency Encapsulation." The essay concludes that Judaism's evolutionary capacity, demonstrated through its historical adaptations from biblical to talmudic to modern forms, provides hope for healing contemporary divisions. The work suggests that expanded notions of revelation and shared experience of exile and return may facilitate Jewish unity in the post-return terrestrial era.

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Published 2004
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Aryeh Stollman