Life & Religion

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…

Professor Rabbi Dr. Malchah Netanyahu, Associate Dean Instructor Minister Patricia Huggins Teaching Assistant Bro. Azriel Devine Dates: Saturdays, April 27 – June 29, 2019 Time: 4:30pm – 6pm Course Description…

The most successful African-American utopian separatist project in history is located in a desert town in Israel By Armin Rosen When a sympathetic mayor of Dimona offered the African Hebrew Israelites…

כך משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה Everything you wanted to know (and really did not care to know) concerning the Israelite calendar. Although there are many joyous days in the Israelite…

African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem have been living in Dinoma Israel for over 60 years. I had the pleasure of interviewing their spokesperson, Minister Dr. Ahmadiel BenYehuda while he was…

My name is Marge Sunners. I am 63 years old living in the suburbs of Boston, and to the best of my historical family knowledge, a White Ashkenazi Jew. In…

Accompanying the former N.B.A. star as he explores Jewish landmarks in New York. The halls of the Jewish Museum in Manhattan were hushed and dim as Amar’e Stoudemire stepped inside.…

How long are we, the so called Black folk, going to pass over our own cultural celebrations for the European Holidays? Don’t we realize by now that we are viewed…

This is one of an occasional series of posts on black Americans and religion by the Pew Research Center. For African Americans, the Bible’s Exodus narrative is a cultural touchstone. Since before the Civil…

Editors Note: Susan K. Smith almost didn’t make it last summer to the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York — that historic community of adult learning to where outstanding speakers…