Rabbi Debra Bowen, of Congregation Temple Beth El, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, led a large contingent of people on an extended tour of the country and conducted
The Beta Israel of Ethiopia constitutes the oldest and largest community of Black Jews in the world. In many respects, the rest of the black
While in Israel we met with a cross-section of scholars, administrators, and students who are interested in knowing more about Black Jews and establishing closer
For centuries the religious leaders who have preserved Judaism among the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) have been called Kessim. Their Jewish tradition is pre-Rabbinic because
Much of what people “think” they know about this community of Israelites that settled in Israel 50 years ago is incorrect or outdated. We visited them,