Messiah

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

Asteroid 2003 LN6, the size of 38 Menachem Mendel Schneersons, is set to pass the Earth on June 18, the anniversary of the death of the Chabad movement leader.

An illustrative image of an asteroid orbiting the Earth.
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

 Neidpath Castle in Peebles, Scotland overlooking the River Tweed and Autumn wood.

'The true Jerusalem is in Scotland': The African king claiming to be the Jewish Messiah

‘SIEGE OF Acre,’ 1799

When hassidic masters tried, failed to usher in the messianic age during Napoleon's wars


'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

Benjamin Netanyahu is like an Israeli false messiah - Minister Hendel

Yoaz Hendel on Benjamin Netanyahu: "What I see is a kind of Shabtai Zvi, where people think whatever he says is the truth."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touches the stones of the Western Wall

On This Day: 230 years since Jewish messiah claimant Jacob Frank's death

Jacob Frank claimed to be the reincarnation of Shabtai Zvi, advocated the transgression of Jewish law, especially sexual prohibitions, and led thousands to convert to Catholicism.

 Jacob Frank, the Jewish messianic claimant (illustrative).