Donmeh West

Dönmeh West is a non-sectarian, international organization which promotes an original reformulation of Sabbatean and Frankist kabbalah under the guidance of its founder and leader, Reb Yakov Leib HaKohain. Its website has over 100,000 international visitors to date.^[1]

Donmeh West was founded in 1972 by the Kabbalist, religious philosopher and poet Reb Yakov Leib HaKohain, a descendant of Turkish Sabbateans. Both he and Donmeh West have been credited with initiating and leading a revival in Neo-Sabbatian Kabbalah over the past 40 years.^[2]

In light of this, the Israeli newspaper Maariv published an extensive interview with Reb Yakov Leib^[3] (an expanded English version of which can be found on the Donmeh West website^[4]) and has begun translating and publishing writings of his as feature articles in the Culture and Religion section of their newspaper.^[5]

Donmeh West and its founder Reb Yakov Leib HaKohain are noted and discussed by Prof. Matt Goldish in the introduction to his book, The Sabbatean Prophets, published by Harvard University Press,^[6] as well as by Prof. Wendelin von Winckelstein in his study, Die Odyssee des Aristoteles.^[7]

See also

• Donmeh
• Dönmeh West and the Neo-Sabbatian revival
• Jacob Frank
• Sabbatai Zevi
• Yakov Leib HaKohain

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