African Americans in Israel

African Americans in Israel
Total population
25,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Tel Aviv, Dimona, Jerusalem, Ein Shemer, Haifa, Ariel, Eilat ,Ashkelon
Languages
English, Hebrew
Religion
Judaism, Black Israelism, Christianity.
Related ethnic groups
African Americans

African Americans in Israel number at least 25,000,[1] comprise several separate groups, including the groups of African American Jews who have immigrated from the United States to Israel making aliyah, non-Jewish African Americans who have immigrated to Israel for personal or business reasons, pro-athletes who formerly played in the major leagues in the United States before playing in Israel on local basketball and other sports teams, as well as foreign students studying in Israeli universities, businessmen, merchants, and guest workers, along with Israeli citizens of African American ancestry. African Americans have served in the Israel Defence Force,[2][3] and have largely been accepted and into Israeli society, and have represented Israel in numerous international forums such as the Olympic Games, and the Eurovision Song Contest. African American-Israelis have had a major cultural impact in Israel, particular in the arts and culture, music and sports.[4] In addition, there as a large community of Black Hebrew Israelites numbering at least 5,000 people, who originally immigrated to Israel from Chicago in the 1960s, and live mostly in the southern Israeli town of Dimona.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cohen, Shaul. "African Americans in Israel (in Hebrew)": 138. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Mandela, Barack. "African American-Israeli Hero in the Israel Defense Forces". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Esensten, Andrew (2019). "Yah's Exemplary Soldiers: African Hebrew Israelites in the Israel Defense Forces". Religions. 10 (11): 614. doi:10.3390/rel10110614.
  4. ^ Blackwell, Ben. "Hip Hop In The Holy Land - The 'Black Hebrew' Rap Star of Israel - Episode 3". Noisy by VICE on Youtube. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

African Americans in Israel

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