The Uganda Plan (2012 version)

Moshe and Tarphon are two 24 year old university students, who have recently joined yeshiva. Although they can read basic Hebrew, daven and they grew up surrounded by Jewish observance, they are not Halachacly Jewish and hope to properly convert soon. This is not uncommon in today's Jewish world or even in our yeshiva.
What makes these students unique is the fact that they are Ugandan natives from the village Putti. In addition to Putti not having electricity or running water, they have no Jews.
In the 1910's, Semei Kakungulu was increasingly drawn to the 5 books of Chumash, eventually taking upon himself - and his followers - Jewish observances including circumcision, Shchita, biblical holidays, Shabbat and more. Their synagogue holds Friday night and Shabbat services - in Hebrew. They were persecuted as Jews by Idi Amin.
They know full well they aren't Jewish and do not claim Jewish ancestry. They believe in the truths and ideals of Judaism and have been living them, as individuals and as a community, for nearly a century. Their greatest wish is to undergo an Orthodox conversion and become part of the Jewish people.
Moshe and Tarphon will spend the coming year studying at Yeshivat Hamivtar after which they will return to Putti as spiritual leaders of the community.
Rambam says about the era of Mashiach (Melachim Umilchamot 12:1): "They will all return to the true faith and no longer steal or destroy. Rather, they will eat permitted food at peace with Israel..." (249)

At Ben Gurion airport, from L to R,  Tarphon, Rabbi Riskin, Ari Zivotofsky, Moshe and myself

Torah Awaits a Revival

Torah should be what propel the State of Israel forward in social and cultural matters (in the wide sense of those terms) and not just cause us to man the barricades of the Shulchan Aruch to preserve the status quo. Is there anyone who has a clue how to run a modern economy according to the Torah? is there anyone who even has a suggestion for it? is there anyone capable of imagining what "Jewish" foreign relations look like in a global village? So, are we doomed to wait for a prophet and until then we should just hold down the fort dreaming of the return of the good old days? Although we're doing the best we can in translating the language we know into a new reality, we need someone from the outside to expand the language we're using, or better yet, just start speaking it and we will have to follow suit. For instance – if the Knesset were to legislate that all immigrants who live in the country for 10 years, serve in the army and identify with core values of Judaism are considered Jewish for the purposes of marriage, burial, etc… Halacha would eventually find a way to except it – without breaching Halacha, as it would already be a reality.

To what is this analogous?
When Eliezer Ben Yehudah revived the Hebrew language he used as much of what he could from Jewish sources but, obviously, it wasn't nearly sufficient. The Hebrew of the sources just wasn't rich enough to relate to the realities of modern times. Out of his familiarity with the new realities he tried to fit them into constructs that may have already existed but the result included many completely brand new words.

The Torah awaits its revival, too.