Sabbatai Zevi, the 17th-century Jewish mystic who declared himself the Messiah and later converted to Islam, was long dismissed by mainstream Jewish tradition as the greatest false messiah in history.

On the title page of a book printed in Venice in 1665 appears an extraordinary image: a figure riding a lion. The volume is an edition of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, but the rider is Sabbatai Zevi, the ...

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Centuries after he died as a Muslim convert in Montenegro, Sabbatai Zevi remains part of the region's folklore, secretive customs and superstitions. ULCINJ, Montenegro (JTA) — Throughout 1988, Jusuf ...

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The emotional and cerebral whiplash that many of us are experiencing during the current Trump administration may seem like a new phenomenon. Yet this experience often bursts out in times of radical ...

Istambul has a Donmeh Community of 15,000 members, followers of Sabbatai Zevi, the false prophet. The Donmeh community is to outward appearances Mohammedan, although in secret its members observe ...

ULCINJ, Montenegro (JTA) — Throughout 1988, Jusuf Lika had debilitating migraines and sensory disruptions that doctors blamed on the chemicals in the darkroom where he had worked. A man in his 20s in ...