The UN’s Most Recent Anti-Israel Resolution Does Nothing to Advance Peace
Made possible by the America’s betrayal of its closest ally.
December 26, 2016
A Jewish False Messiah’s Bizarre Embrace of Islam
What happened after Shabbetai Tsvi chose conversion over death.
In 1666, the Jewish messianic pretender Shabbetai Tsvi was brought before an imperial Ottoman court on charges of sedition. Offered a choice between conversion to Islam and death, he chose the former. Most Jews who had believed in him were quickly disillusioned, but others maintained their faith secretly, viewing his conversion as an act of cosmic redemption, justified through the logic of his antinomian mysticism. While some of these true believers maintained outward conformity to Jewish orthodoxy, others, known as the Dönmeh, followed their leader into the Islamic fold. Cengiz Sisman explains:
December 26, 2016
The Assassination of a Russian Ambassador Won’t Stop Russo-Turkish Reconciliation
Abandoned by Washington, Erdogan returns to Putin’s arms.
Scientists—Just Don’t Let on Who They Are—May Have Found a Surgery-Free Treatment for Prostate Cancer
A soft boycott.
A Jewish False Messiah’s Bizarre Embrace of Islam
What happened after Shabbetai Tsvi chose conversion over death.
A Hanukkah Song’s Hidden Anti-Christian Polemic
Ma’oz Tsur’s last verse was repressed for centuries.