The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem has about 2,000 members living in Israel currently, according to the group’s spokesman, Ashriel Moore.

To reconstruct the history of ancient Israel, scholars turn to archaeological excavations, the Hebrew Bible and other discovered texts.

About 130 members of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, a group of Black settlers in Israel with roots in the U.S., face deportation.

The 2020 U.S. Census put the Black population at 41.1 million, so extrapolating from the Lifeway data, there are approximately 1.6 million Hebrew Israelites in the U.S. — not counting the small ...

News Conservative synagogue makes history with hiring of Hebrew Israelite clergy ‘I just want people to come to Shabbos services and say, ‘This is normal,” said Eric Freedman, president of ...

Not all Hebrew Israelites are antisemitic. Some simply believe that African peoples are descendants of the 12 tribes, without attacking other groups.. There is an appeal to their proposal in that ...