Black Hebrew Israelites are groups of Black African Americans who consider themselves to be descendant of the original Israelite people and lost Jewish Tribes of Israel. Generally speaking, the Black Hebrew groups will follow some of the religious beliefs from…
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Opinion For real affirmative action, recruit Israelites for Jewish seminaries
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Stoudemire referred to Jews of European descent as converts and embraced Christ in an interview on Clubhouse
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Opinion Newark synagogue’s hiring of Israelite clergy undermines Jews of color
Tradition defines Judaism according to legal standards that a novel African-American religion simply does not meet, write leaders of the Conservative movement
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Opinion I’m a Jew of color. Stop conflating us with Hebrew Israelites
Jews of color can set the record straight on the meaningful historical differences between themselves and Hebrew Israelites
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Opinion Hebrew Israelites: Facts, myths and reflections
Kanye West and Kyrie Irving brought the headlines. Now two Black scholars bring the truth
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Sports A timeline of Kyrie Irving’s antisemitism controversy
The NBA star was suspended for a minimum of five games Thursday night. A few hours later, he finally apologized for sharing the antisemitic movie last week.
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News For an Israelite chief rabbi, a ‘mess’ of Kanye’s making
Rabbi Capers Funnye leads the largest Israelite movement in the United States. He's tired of people conflating it with extremists
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Sports As Black Hebrew Israelite group gathers outside arena, Kyrie Irving returns to NBA court
Irving apologized for sharing a link to an antisemitic film in a lengthy interview that posted Saturday
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