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Kurinsky, Samuel: Jews in Africa: Ancient Black African Relations, Fact Paper 19-II. Dierk Lange: "Origin of the Yoruba and the "Lost Tribes of Israel", Anthropos, 106, 2011, 579–595. Parfitt, Tudor (2002) The Lost Tribes of Israel: the History of a Myth. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Parfitt, Tudor (2013) Black Jews in Africa and the ...
Several rabbis and Jewish associations support their recognition as descendants of the "Lost Tribes of Israel". [7] In the 2000s, the Lemba Cultural Association approached the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, asking for the Lemba to be recognized as Jews by the Jewish community.
This is a list of Jews from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is arranged by country of origin. It is arranged by country of origin. The vast majority of African Jews inhabiting areas below the Sahara live in South Africa , and are mainly of Ashkenazi (largely Lithuanian ) origin.
The Songhai Empire, c. 1500. Sahelian Jews historically known as Jews of the Bilad al-Sudan (Judeo-Arabic: אַהַל יַהוּדּ בִּלַדּ אַל סוּדָּן, romanized: ʾahal yahūd bilad al-sūdān) describes West African Jewish communities connected to known Jewish communities who migrated to West Africa as merchants for trading opportunities.
According to Jewish traveler, Eldad ha-Dani, the Tribe of Dan established their own kingdom in Ethiopia, "They went by way of Egypt further down the upper Nile River and settled in Ethiopia, in East Africa. The Danites were great warriors, and after fighting many battles against native tribes, they established themselves securely, with a ...
South African Jews in Israel number around 20,000 in the 21st century. [3] [21] During this time, there were also two waves of Jewish immigration to Africa from the island of Rhodes, first in the 1900s and then after 1960. [22] [23] In this period, Jewish activism in South Africa also included attempts to secure the position of Jews overseas.
After the independence of Congo from Belgium in 1960 the majority of Congolese Jews left the country, with most of them settling in Israel or South Africa. At the time of independence, Congo was home to 2,500 Jewish people. 50% of the Jewish population lived in Lubumbashi, while 70 Jewish families lived in Congo's capital Kinshasa.
Jews and Judaism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3 C, 2 P) E. Jews and Judaism in Egypt (11 C, 6 P) ... Jews and Judaism in South Africa (17 C, 15 P)