Word: shabbetai
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SEEN IT ALL BEFORE. A half-crazed guy full of charisma tells a bunch of miserable folks he's the Messiah. It sounds great and the status quo is terrible, so a lot of people go along with it. Shabbetai Zvi. Jacob Frank. These fakers had a hell of a time pulling the wool over everyone's eyes in the 17th and 18th centuries...
...most famous of all false messiahs, Shabbetai Zvi, was succeded by the Star Kist Seafood Company. S.K. was the only way that students who keep kosher could eat lunch in their own houses. As long as the Mealtime Messiah kept the certified kosher label away from Italian Day, late-night exam snacks, and special fancy breakfasts, the kosher crowd kept supporting the solid white tuna manufactures, purveyors of the only HDS entree truly in line with the strictest Jewish dietary laws...
...seems we've found the real McCoy. There's no reason to believe Berry will revert to S.K. the same way Shabbetai Zvi converted to Islam. The Messiah has arrived and even the most ortodox of campus Jews can Join the celebration...
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