African Americans in Israel
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 25,000 Ariel, Eilat | |
| Languages | |
| English, Hebrew | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism, Black Israelism, Christianity. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| African Americans |
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African Americans in Israel number at least 25,000,
African American Israelis
There are a large number of African American Israelis including the American-born Israeli basketball player
African American Jews
There are a number of African American Jews who have made aliyah to Israel. All African American Jews are eligible for
African American athletes in Israel
A number of African American pro athletes have moved to Israel to play for local Israeli sports teams. The majority of these athletes are basketball players, and some have decided to stay in Israel permanently following their time in the Israeli national basketball league.[7]
Black Hebrew Israelite community in Israel
The African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem (also known as the Black Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, the Black Hebrew Israelites, or simply the Black Hebrews or Black Israelites) is a spiritual group of African Americans in Israel, now mainly based in
The group was founded in Chicago by a former steel worker named Ben Carter (1939–2014, also known as Ben Ammi Ben-Israel). In his early twenties Carter was given the name Ben Ammi by Rabbi Reuben of the Chicago Congregation of Ethiopian Hebrews.[9] Ben Ammi was working in an airline factory when he first discovered the Black Hebrew movement and its philosophy.[10] According to Ben Ammi, in 1966, at the age of 27, he had a vision in which the Archangel Gabriel[11] called him to take his people, African Americans, back to the Holy Land of Israel.[12]
Initially, the African Hebrew Israelites asserted that they were the only rightful inheritors of the land of Israel.[13][14] They refused to convert to Judaism and asserted that most Israeli Jews were not descendants of the ancient Israelites.[15] By the late 1980s, the group tempered their beliefs. They came to see Israel as a nation of many cultures, races, and religions.[13]
Notable African-American Israelis
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- Jamie Arnold- African American-Israeli basketball player who played for the member of the Israel men's national basketball team.
- African American descent to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest when he represented Israel twice at the 2000 and 2006editions of the event.
- African American -Israeliprofessional basketball player
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- Yemenite Jewish descent, son of Joe Dawson, and member of the Israel men's national basketball team.
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- Ahuva Gray- African American-Israeli religious author and memoirist. She is a former Baptist minister from Chicago who converted to Orthodox Judaism and chronicled her changing beliefs in the book My Sister, the Jew, and has lived in Bayit VeGan, Jerusalem, Israel since the late 20th century.
- African American-Israeli professional basketball player who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv between 1976 and 1985, who converted to Judaismand became an Israeli citizen in 1978.
- 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
See also
- Americans in Israel
- Doms in Israel
- Ethiopian Jews in Israel
- Beta Israel
- African American Jews
- African American diaspora
- African American–Jewish relations
References
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- ^ Reich, Aaron (2021-07-05). "On this day: Law of Return passed to ensure citizenship for all Jews". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ Clemente, Lisis (2020-05-30). "Holy Land Hoop Dreams: Why Americans love playing basketball in Israel". religionunplugged.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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- ^ Weisbord, Robert (1985). Israel in the Black American Perspective. London: Greenwood Press. pp. 66–67.
- ^ Dor Anthony Naheem FISCHER (ISR).