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Jeremy Shuback

Digital Storytellers Lab

2024 Fellow

THE ERASED JEWISH MESSIAH

In 1666, the majority of Jews believed the Messiah had come, but when he had a sudden embarrassing downfall, nearly all evidence of him was destroyed. The fallout involved a hundred years of copycat messiahs and the end of one version of what Judaism used to be. This is the story of Sabbatai Zevi, The Erased Jewish Messiah.

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Jeremy Shuback is a video journalist whose work appears on channels ranging from the Wall Street Journal to Johnny Harris. As a writer, editor, and director, he's helped create hundreds of videos, many with millions of views. Somewhere along the way he got obsessed with history, and now spends his free time making YouTube videos about esoteric minutiae from hundreds of years ago.