Messiah

Shabtai Zvi exhibition explores the false Messiah who mesmerized Jews across the world

A Jerusalem exhibition marking 400 years since Shabtai Zvi's birth explores how the false messiah captivated much of the Jewish world and why his legacy continues to fascinate.

Excerpt from Shabtai Zvi Drawing Series, from the early 1930s, by Jewish German expressionist artist Rosy Lilienfeld, murdered in Auschwitz in 1942.
An illustrative image of a ring light with a smartphone.

The idol within: The false messiah arrives with a ring light - opinion

An illustrative image of an asteroid orbiting the Earth.

Asteroid the size of 38 Lubavitcher Rebbes to pass Earth on Chabad head's yahrzeit - NASA

RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON of Lubavitch at a Lag Ba’omer parade in Brooklyn, 1987.

The real secret to Chabad’s success, 32 years after the Rebbe’s passing - opinion


'The Struggle for Utopia': Abrahamic faiths surrounded by messianism - review

Far from being an irrelevancy, Dr. Arnold Slyper has shown convincingly that messianism is highly relevant to the Jewish world today.

 ‘THE LAST Judgement’ by Fra Angelico: The book focuses on messianism in multiple religions.

Conspiracy theorists: 3 main signs the end of the world is approaching

Researchers in the field of conspiracy theories speculate the end of the world as three biblical events unfold in the Middle East.

 God's Creation of earth

'The Struggle for Utopia': How messianic forces drive global conflict - review

While the book provides an equally glorious and frightening picture of the messianic forces driving geopolitics and global conflict, it’s much more than a treatise on messianism.

 ‘THE LAST Judgement’ by Fra Angelico: The book focuses on messianism in multiple religions.

‘The Messiah Confrontation’: A scientific look at messianism in Judaism - review

This book traces the appearance of the messianic idea from the prophet Isaiah to the Bar Kochbah revolt. It demonstrates the dramatic, many-sided and fascinating controversy about the messianic idea.

 Israel Knohl

Jerusalem Syndrome: What is it and who is susceptible?

What is Jerusalem Syndrome? Can anyone fall prey to it? And what can be done to protect against it?

 Illustrative photo: Some psychiatrists say Jerusalem Syndrome is triggered by the intense religious energy of Jerusalem.

Zionists didn’t wait for the Messiah - opinion

To those who believed in waiting for the Messiah, they said we can return to Israel without a Messiah.

 GOD’S PROVIDENCE is perceived in Israel’s success. Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion said, ‘In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles… Life is more than blind forces.’

Israel's democracy is under threat from messianic forces in gov't

Benjamin Netanyahu has empowered messianic forces for whom the democratic Israel envisaged by the Zionist forefathers is anathema.

 MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich (center right behind Arye Deri) applaud at a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new government on December 29, 2022.

The future of Israel? A dream of peace in the Middle East

Somehow I knew the year was 2068, corresponding to the Hebrew year of 5828. The streets I walked down were familiar, but something was different.

 Israel's tallest playground tower soars above Gan Sacher's huge new fun zone

Children in Houston sing religious anthem associated with Iranian regime

The song is primarily addressed to a messianic figure in Shi'ite belief, but it also addresses the supreme leader of Iran.

Iranians sing "Hello Commander" song at Azadi stadium in Tehran

Breaking Israel's haredi autonomy via kosher phones - interview with Yoaz Hendel

How the Communications Minister became the unexpected leader of the fight for equality under law, and haredi society’s public enemy No. 1.

 Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel