The small African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel’s Negev Desert last month celebrated a major milestone in its struggle for recognition in the Jewish state, as more than 100 members seem to have ...

(RNS) — Peace Village in Dimona, Israel, is the largest enclave of African Americans living outside the US. After decades there, some have finally avoided looming deportation. (RNS) — The small ...

Three and a half years after over 50 African Hebrew Israelites from the southern Israel city of Dimona received deportation notices, 43 have received temporary residence, 16 of them with a promise of ...

Hebrew Israelite groups have been making headlines thanks to Kanye West, Kyrie Irving and their antisemitism controversies. News outlets and advocacy groups like the Anti-Defamation League have ...

What does it mean for a “black” person to say, “I’m an Israelite.” Why does this identification cause so much chaos? Are “black” people the original Hebrew Israelites the Bible spoke of? If not, then ...

Lucy Gilbert is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. An extremist group that believes black Americans and other people of color are the real descendants of the ancient ...

A Black Hebrew Israelite congregation will receive a $3,500 grant from the private, nonprofit New York Landmarks Conservancy Sacred Sites Grants program to help save its historic — but water-damaged — ...

DIMONA, Israel (AP) — The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem made their way to Israel from the United States in the 1960s. Now, dozens of their members are facing the threat of deportation. The ...

For two years, Toveet Israel and dozens of other residents of the Village of Peace have lived in fear. Dimona, a city on the edge of the nation of Israel’s Negev Desert, has been her home for 24 years ...

DIMONA, IsraelDIMONA, Israel — For two years, Toveet Israel and dozens of other residents of the Village of Peace have lived in fear. Dimona, a city on the edge of the nation of Israel’s Negev Desert, ...