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The American Israelite is an English-language Jewish newspaper published weekly in Cincinnati, Ohio.Founded in 1854 as The Israelite and assuming its present name in 1874, it is the longest-running English-language Jewish newspaper still published in the United States [2] and the second longest-running Jewish newspaper in the world, after the London-based Jewish Chronicle (founded in 1841).
A photograph of William Saunders Crowdy which appeared in a 1907 edition of The Baltimore Sun. The origins of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement are found in Frank Cherry and William Saunders Crowdy, who both claimed that they had revelations in which they believed that God told them that African Americans are descendants of the Hebrews in the Christian Bible; Cherry established the "Church ...
What precipitated the formation of the Board of Delegates of American Israelites was, at least in part, the need for a unified Jewish response to the Mortara case. [7] Mortara was an Italian Jewish boy who was secretly baptized by his family's maid and later abducted in 1858 at the age of six by papal authorities who then refused to return a ...
The American Israelite still exists and is the longest-running Jewish newspaper in the United States. [5] Another newspaper, The Sabbath Visitor , established 1874, was discontinued in 1892. The "Every Friday" newspaper was an Anglo-Jewish newspaper of Jewish affairs, founded and published by Mr. Samuel M. Schmidt in the Cincinnati area between ...
The Israelite (1854–1874); The American Israelite (1874–present) English Cincinnati: 1854–Present 6,500 [7] Weekly Second longest running paper The Atlanta Jewish Times: English Atlanta, Georgia: 1925–Present 6,500 [8] Weekly JTNews: English Seattle, Washington: 1924-2015 Biweekly Mishpacha (News magazine) English, Hebrew 1984–Present ...
The Israeli-American community, while predominantly Jewish, also includes various ethnic and religious minorities reflective of Israel's diverse demographics. This community also comprises ethnic Arab minorities , including Muslims , Christians and Druze as well as smaller, non-Arab minority groups .
The African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem is a small religious community whose members believe they are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Most of the over 5,000 members live in Dimona, Israel although there are additional, smaller, groups in Arad, Mitzpe Ramon, and the Tiberias area. At least some of them consider themselves ...
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel (Hebrew: בן עמי בן-ישראל; October 12, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was an American spiritual leader.Inspired by the Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he founded the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem, which claims that African Americans originate from the Land of Israel. [1]