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How the Jewish presence in the Land of Israel has shaped the Jewish experience

How the continuous Jewish presence in the Land of Israel has shaped the Jewish experience worldwide to this day ...
The Jewish Exponent

How Many Hebrew Israelites Are There, and How Worried Should Jews Be?

Dressed in matching purple hoodies and shirts, with gold fringes attached to the bottom in observance of Deuteronomy 22:12, hundreds of members of a controversial Hebrew Israelite group marched ...
The Forward

Hebrew Israelites: Facts, myths and reflections

Hebrew Israelite groups have been making headlines thanks to Kanye West, Kyrie Irving and their antisemitism controversies. News outlets and advocacy groups like the Anti-Defamation League have ...
Jewish Journal

Black Hebrew Israelites Chant “We Are the Real Jews” in Support of Kyrie Irving

Members of the Black Hebrew Israelites demonstrate outside the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) A group of Black Hebrew Israelite protesters can ...
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African Hebrew Israelites finally see legal victory against Israel's deportation threats

(RNS) — The small African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel’s Negev Desert last month celebrated a major milestone in its struggle for recognition in the Jewish state, as more than 100 members seem ...
The Grio

After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation

For two years, Toveet Israel and dozens of other residents of the Village of Peace have lived in fear. Dimona, a city on the edge of the nation of Israel’s Negev Desert, has been her home for 24 years ...
Jewish Press

Jewish Agency’s Global Summer Camp Hebrew Ed Program Connects Younger Generation to Israel

Isaac Herzog with Jewish Agency emissaries holding up signs saying 'Hebrew is a Beautiful Language.' The Jewish Agency for Israel is launching a new program for innovative, informal Hebrew language ...
The Forward

Newark synagogue’s hiring of Israelite clergy undermines Jews of color

(JTA) — Conservative-Masorti Judaism strives to accommodate the rich diversity of the Jewish world. A crucial part of this mission is ensuring that Jews of color feel welcome in our communities and ...
COLlive

700 Hebrew Schools Begin With New Jewish Curricula

This year, over 700 Shluchim around the world welcomed students with contagious enthusiasm and renewed excitement along hands ...
Religion Dispatches

Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I

Did you catch the press release from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denouncing the slander against the International Israelite Board of Rabbis (IIBR), a Black rabbinical organization, by leaders of ...
The Times of Israel

A growing Hebrew school may augur a new era for Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood

Though it borders the Hasidic hub of Williamsburg, the north Brooklyn community was never known for its Jewish population - ...
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What are the Myths, Facts, About Hebrew Israelites?

What are the Myths, Facts, About Hebrew Israelites? This blog highlights and summarizes an article by Robin Washington for Forward. The article features Bruce Haynes, a professor of sociology at the ...