Black Hebrews

This book explores the dynamic diaspora of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, a spiritual movement of African-Americans who have traced their roots to Biblical Israel. Perceiving themselves as a product of both the African and Jewish diasporas, they have left the Americas and journeyed to their Promised Land of Israel. The African Hebrew Israelites have successfully established a thriving model community in the desert town of Dimona, where the Brothers and Sisters live according to their principles of righteousness. Based on this example, the community has implemented yet another move, to Ghana, where they are building a framework for repatriation to the motherland. Black Hebrews addresses the topics of ethnic and cultural identity, transnational networks, the role of cyberspace, and the concept of home. It also sheds light on other Black Hebrew communities, as well as Rastafarianism and the Nation of Islam, and compares them to the African Hebrew Israelites.