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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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 ...

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The Ms. Enelow Memorial Coll. 2223 of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York is a late compilation about Pseudo-Messiahs in Jewish History, made by an anonymous writer in Damascus about 1870.

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 ...

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