We have a few black Jews at my shul. I don't really think much about it, but Fred's wife was at services once and made a comment about how she thought it was strange (she's around 80 years old). I can kind of see where she is coming from because of her age, but a lot of shuls have black congregates. I read an article once where there was an entirely black shul, though I forget where it was. I think it's pretty neat.
the one i heard about was in chicago, beth shalom i think is the name. i think it started as an ethiopian jewish community if i remember correctly.
the one single guy is alfredo, he's from mexico based on my assessment of his accent. but within the couples, we have a colombian woman dating a jewish guy, a russian israeli marrying a turkish guy studying for conversion, and two people who lived in israel (the older couple). i really love seeing how diverse a group we really are.
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We have a few black Jews at my shul. I don't really think much about it, but Fred's wife was at services once and made a comment about how she thought it was strange (she's around 80 years old). I can kind of see where she is coming from because of her age, but a lot of shuls have black congregates. I read an article once where there was an entirely black shul, though I forget where it was. I think it's pretty neat.
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the one single guy is alfredo, he's from mexico based on my assessment of his accent. but within the couples, we have a colombian woman dating a jewish guy, a russian israeli marrying a turkish guy studying for conversion, and two people who lived in israel (the older couple). i really love seeing how diverse a group we really are.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hebrew_Israelites
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