Let’s talk about the positive side. Here are some good things about the Jewnion in our own generation, in no particular order:
1- We have baalei teshuva coming back in numbers not seen since Ezra’s time. In fact, if you count absolute instead of relative, we may even have more baalei teshuva.
2- The Noachide movement. There has only ever been one other such movement in recorded history. That time they also thought it was a sign of mashiach. Yehi ratzon that this time it is.
3- Israel. Regardless of what you think of the medina, there is a larger percentage of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael today than there ever was since bayis rishon! In absolute numbers, thanks to population growth, there are more Jews today in Eretz Yisrael alone than there were at any other time in history including the height of Shlomo Hamelech’s reign.
4- Israel again. For the first time since the dissolution of the Sanhedrin, the acknowledged seat of Torah is in Eretz Yisrael.
5- The diaspora. Most of the large concentrations of Jews outside of Israel are in free countries. It is easy to come and go if necessary.
All in all, things are looking better, not worse.