(JTA) — The spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, a group of African-Americans living in Israel who believed they were descendants of the biblical tribe of Judah, has died.

The 12 tribes of Israel, named after Jacob's sons, are central to the Hebrew Bible narrative. Scholars question the ...

A high profile march in Brooklyn and recent allusions to the movement’s ideology by the likes of Kanye West have some Jews on edge. “Hey Jacob, it’s time to wake up,” they chanted, using a ...

Daber: in Hebrew, to speak ... as well as the home of the ten lost tribes. Persistent rumor had it that these African Israelite kingdoms were at constant war with Prester John, and that their ...