The Frankist chapter of Jewish history in Podolia, where Jacob Frank was active, lasted for only two years in the middle of the 18th century. It all began with a mystic-erotic ceremony in Lanckorona.
By Israel Jacob Yuval
(Review of the The Mixed Multitude: Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement, 1755-1816, by Pawel Maciejko)
Many messianic figures in […]
When the profane becomes sacred
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