Life & Religion

Hebrew Israelites have been in the news a lot this year. In January, a group called House of Israel provoked a confrontation between Catholic high school students from Kentucky and Native American…

Have you ever wondered who the true people of the Bible are, Cohane Michael Ben Levi addresses the issue of identity in this video. Credits given to the following links…

The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe…

When someone that's your friend goes up and reads the torah portion and blows it away!My Brother Gabbi Yosef Ben-Levi reading from torah portion Wa'etchanan. Posted by Uzziel Lewi on…

In August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the British colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who…

Ethiopians speak of “children of the river”—yewenz lejoch in Amharic, the country’s official language. This phrase characterises people living near and relying on the water of a river for travel…

Shalom! Hebrew for Kidz is pleased to announce our new biblical puzzles for kids which are now available for purchase. These puzzles are great for children ages2-10. It teaches them…

The Israelite Men’s Association hosted their 5th annual men’s retreat in Cascade, Maryland on May 2 – 5, 2019.  A record 104 males attended, 32 were youth between the ages…

An excerpt from “Critical Study for the New Normative: A New Paradigm for Approaching African Judaism” A New York Times columnist warned in 1965 that “there will be an ugly streak…

During Reconstruction, true citizenship finally seemed in reach for black Americans. Then their dreams were dismantled. Not so long ago, the Civil War was taken to be this country’s central…