Search For ‘Lost Tribes Of Israel’ Goes Digital
By Sam Kestenbaum May 18, 2017
If you believe you’re a distant descendant of a “lost tribe of Israel” and want to reconnect to this ancient past, all you have to do is go online — where you’ll now find a detailed course on the popular myth. You’ll even earn college credit.
“Discover the past, present and future of the world’s most dispersed people,” reads the website for the new course, “The Lost Tribes of Israel.”
Rabbi Harry Rozenberg, the Israeli-American founder of the school, joins a lineage of Jewish seekers who are trying to bring about the “prophetic reunion” of “lost tribes” with modern Jews.
The course is made up of ten modules, designed by Rozenberg, which include audio, video, and written content. The Theological Research Institute is accredited by the National CCRS Recommendation Service, which evaluates nontraditional educational programs.
As part of his work, Rozenberg has also organized a page where communities can register, plot themselves on a world map and network. “This is for people who already know something about how they may be connected to Israel,” Rozenberg said in an interview with the Forward, “but don’t know how they fit into this.”
Email Sam Kestenbaum at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter at @skestenbaum
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning journalism this Passover.
In this age of misinformation, our work is needed like never before. We report on the news that matters most to American Jews, driven by truth, not ideology.
At a time when newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall. That means for the first time in our 126-year history, Forward journalism is free to everyone, everywhere. With an ongoing war, rising antisemitism, and a flood of disinformation that may affect the upcoming election, we believe that free and open access to Jewish journalism is imperative.
Readers like you make it all possible. Right now, we’re in the middle of our Passover Pledge Drive and we still need 300 people to step up and make a gift to sustain our trustworthy, independent journalism.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
Only 300 more gifts needed by April 30
