I heard that Rav Chaim volozhin (who passed away in 1821) said that America will be “the last station” for the yidden before Mashiach. This was when the Jewish population in the new world was tiny. Only 60 years after his petira did the major influx of mostly Polish-Russian Yidden start. (2,000,000 came in the next 30-35 years, to escape the terrible decrees of the Tzar (there was no Poland at the time. . Unfortunately many went to communist/socialist ideas (I think from aa misconstrued thoughts about ideal personal Chessed as opposed to government as well as from desperation after years of tzarist decrees) which caused a backlash and caused the immigration quotas which closed the doors to “Russians” [code for Jews] in the 20s. As well as the total callous regard of FDR for the Jews of Europe and the “Red Alert” of Joe McCarthy in 1952. These things are remembered and promoted by neonazis, especially since many clearly left wing Jewish groups promote rampant immigration. Etc, etc.
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