Mavericks, Mystics & False MessiahsWe tend to look at the history of Jewish life in a linear way, ignoring or dismissing the influences and the stimulators from beyond the comfort zone of traditional Judaism. But we must ask ourselves: What were the outside factors that influenced what happened on the inside? How did the Shabbetai Tzvi and Emden Eybeschutz controversies affect how we live our lives as Jews in the twenty first century? How did the Get of Cleves controversy influence