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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

Sabbatai Zevi

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 31, 2019, 6:42 pm
Liberman says his party is recruiting poll watchers for Haredi and Arab towns
Yisrael Beytenu chief also attacks right-wing religious politicians as false messiahs who want to return Israel to ‘an absurd and unbearable reality’
By Jacob Magid
'Mavericks, Mystics, & False Messiahs,' by Rabbi Pini Dunner. (Courtesy Toby Press)
November 27, 2018, 11:57 pm
From miracle men to global spies, book of Jewish wild cards is sure to surprise
Out on December 1, ‘Mavericks, Mystics & False Messiahs’ by Rabbi Pini Dunner brings alive historical peculiarities — including a Jewish Dalai Lama
By Rich Tenorio
Rabbi Eliezer Berland shrouds himself with his talit (prayer shawl) at the Magistrates Court in Jerusalem, as he is put on trial for sexual assault charges, November 17, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 5, 2018, 12:42 pm
The ex-aides of a messianic, sex-convict rabbi fight from within to cast him out
Bratslav hasidic leaders have issued a rare ban on Eliezer Berland, a cult leader seen as a modern ‘Sabbatai Tzvi’; the rest of the Haredi world is proving reluctant to follow suit
By Marissa Newman
Sabbatai Zevi (1626–76), depicted in an illustration from an early 20th-century Russian encyclopedia of the Jews, was regarded by some Jews in his day as the messiah, until his forced conversion to Islam in the 17th century. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
February 22, 2018, 9:19 am
For some Balkan Muslims a Jewish false messiah inspires interfaith understanding
In certain circles emphasizing mysticism, 17th century figure Sabbatai Zevi has recently become ‘an element through which to express their genuine philosemitism’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Pedestrians walk past Istanbul’s Neve Şalom Synagogue, one of the most important Jewish landmarks in Turkey. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
January 10, 2018, 4:01 am
As Israel-Turkey tensions rise, so does foot traffic to Istanbul’s Jewish Museum
While PMs Erdoğan and Netanyahu trade barbs, mostly local visitors flock to ‘the only place Turks can learn about Jewish culture’
By Larry Luxner
Iranian singer Parham Haghighi performs the role of Sabbatai Tzvi in 'Seekers of Light,' an opera written by Boston-based Israeli composer Matti Kovler. Seven scenes from the libretto were premiered at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston on Wed. night (photo credit: Jared Wickerham/The Times of Israel)
December 19, 2014, 3:08 pm
‘Hanukkah miracle’ at Boston museum’s joint Israeli-Iranian show
Musicians from ‘enemy’ countries perform in Hebrew and Persian in ‘Seekers of Light,’ an opera based on infamous Sabbatai Tzvi
By Matt Lebovic
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