Yes, there's definitely Jews in Africa that we should welcome in. However the BHI aren't them. They're some missionary cult that parades around with a King James version of the Bible with a Greek translation of the Bible. And that isn't Judaism. They yet have the gumption to call themselves the Real Jews. We spread Truth and Love (Light unto the Nations) vs Liars and Haters
I'm a member of the Vision Movement, and a student of Ḥ. haKohen. Almost all of us are appalled by Rudy's claims regarding the Igbo & BHI. We're also not a right-wing movement. Yehuda's theories are wholly based on Marxism and de-colonial frameworks, mixed with yes, Torah and Jewish mysticism (though I'm personally an anti-Zohar, Maimonidean Rationalist, which should say a lot about the diversity in our group). We don't want a state in which Jews rule non-Jews. We want a state in which both Bənei Yisraʾel, AND also those who have been living in the land for hundreds to thousands of years feel completely fulfilled and represented. When we criticise democracy, we mean western liberal capitalist democracy, in which people have an illusion of participation in government through elections and nothing else. Karl Marx's vision of an ideal democratic society was one in which regular people participate in every level of government, instead of simply choosing representatives who go to the capital and decide whatever is best for themselves. Although Marx was a rabid atheist, he was also Jewish, and his framework is much closer to the system of government mandated in Torah. Halakha isn't religion, it's civil law decided in courts based on real cases. Those cases sometimes advance to higher Batei Din, up until the Beth Din Gadol (sanhedrin), where it becomes jurisprudence to the whole nation – in fact very similar to the British system of Common Law.
Once again: there are less than a handful of people in Vision that share Rudy's ideas on Black Jews. In my experience, Rudy's good ideas come from Ḥakham haKohen, his bad ones are all his.
So you basically saying that we should have a Halachic communism state with a majority of Arabs that somehow will do what Jews say. And Jewish settlers are ok as long as they are not black. Who needs comedy when we have delusional mystical dosim - communists. I have unfortunate experience of living in both communist regime and Jewish orthodox communities and I can’t stop lmao at your dystopian fantasy.
Great article. But the abayudaya, the Jews of Uganda have no genetic connection as a lost tribe, nor do they claim to. Fascinating and unique history everyone should learn about
In recent times, Kanye West and Kyrie Irving made comments and shared tweets that have sparked discussions and given rise to what some have called anti-Semitism. I had a feeling that Igbos would be attacked because of the ongoing problem, even though they were not directly or indirectly involved. I was not disappointed. Because of long and productive years spent studying Igbos, Jews, African Americans, Israelis, I knew that Igbos must be attacked sooner or later, because people who hate the people of Israel use every chance to seek out Igbos. Well, one, Samuel Hyde, used an article, filled with inaccuracies to attack Igbos, through Rudy Rochman, Israeli activist. Apparently he had issues with Rochman, but by the nature of his attacks on Igbos, he has issues with Igbos too.
Using completely, uneducated, uninformed, baseless, false, repudiated, and meaningless arguments, he attacked Rochman for holding that Igbos are descendants of Gad, son of Jacob/Israel.
We will engage with his bases for alleging that Rochman was wrong? I’ll quote him.
“In 2017, The Forward reported on DNA tests to determine if Igbo men share genetic material with Jews, which found there was no connection between such groups.
In 1993, the Israeli Supreme Court declared that Igbos were in fact not of Jewish lineage based on the empirical evidence provided to the court and various testimonies by geneticists and historians.
David Sperling, professor emeritus of Bible at Hebrew Union College, has said that “the notion of Igbos as a lost tribe is mythical and that genetics continue to prove so as well. All these claims are discredited.”
I will look at the three positions Hyde based his scurrilous allegations on. He referred to the Forward report of 17th August 2017. Strangely he did not refer the Forward Report of 20th August 2017 which countered the false one he used as support, and which he must have also seen if search for truth was motivating him. The same forward noted,
“Ilona’s test shows “1.2% Middle Eastern,” according to a screenshot from the website MyHeritage.com. Ilona says other take-home tests, like one also posted online by a Nigerian-born attorney named Emeka Maduewesi, similarly show genetic markers from the region.
Even though he did not mention those ‘geneticists’ he referred to, I will mention them. They were pastors of Jewish Voice Ministries International, whom ignorant members of the Nigerian press, called ‘Israeli scientists’ in error.
Hyde, the Israeli High Court was completely wrong on the Igbo case. The court relied on wrong information. If you want to learn to the extent the Israeli authorities were wrong, invest some time in studying Israeli anthropologist Daniel Lis’ study and analysis of the judgment.
Again Hyde, you relied on Professor David Sperling. With due respect to the gentleman you mentioned, if you cited him correctly, he was 100% wrong, and we have not seen his name in any list of scholars who have studied Omenana and Igbo history. By the way Omenana was the religion and culture of the Israelites. That was also what the Israelites thought their religion and culture was called.
I dont get people like Hyde. Every Jew is "messianic" as we know that Moshiach will come. Why use the term as an epithet? Just to trash observant Jews, that is Jews that actually practice Judaism?? Israel was given to the Jews by God. Do you deny that? Do you want Israel to just another socialist/fascist democracy like France and more and more the USA?? The Treaty of San Remo gave the arabs over 70% of Israel, why do you want to give away more? And the constant use of this term "two state solution" besides being historically inaccurate, is totally anti-Jew racist as it implies the Final Solution, and in fact if it ever can to be it would likely the Final Solution again. The fact is that unless Israel is a State for Jews, it has no reason to exist. Is that what you want?
Yes, there's definitely Jews in Africa that we should welcome in. However the BHI aren't them. They're some missionary cult that parades around with a King James version of the Bible with a Greek translation of the Bible. And that isn't Judaism. They yet have the gumption to call themselves the Real Jews. We spread Truth and Love (Light unto the Nations) vs Liars and Haters
And not the Igbo either
I'm a member of the Vision Movement, and a student of Ḥ. haKohen. Almost all of us are appalled by Rudy's claims regarding the Igbo & BHI. We're also not a right-wing movement. Yehuda's theories are wholly based on Marxism and de-colonial frameworks, mixed with yes, Torah and Jewish mysticism (though I'm personally an anti-Zohar, Maimonidean Rationalist, which should say a lot about the diversity in our group). We don't want a state in which Jews rule non-Jews. We want a state in which both Bənei Yisraʾel, AND also those who have been living in the land for hundreds to thousands of years feel completely fulfilled and represented. When we criticise democracy, we mean western liberal capitalist democracy, in which people have an illusion of participation in government through elections and nothing else. Karl Marx's vision of an ideal democratic society was one in which regular people participate in every level of government, instead of simply choosing representatives who go to the capital and decide whatever is best for themselves. Although Marx was a rabid atheist, he was also Jewish, and his framework is much closer to the system of government mandated in Torah. Halakha isn't religion, it's civil law decided in courts based on real cases. Those cases sometimes advance to higher Batei Din, up until the Beth Din Gadol (sanhedrin), where it becomes jurisprudence to the whole nation – in fact very similar to the British system of Common Law.
Once again: there are less than a handful of people in Vision that share Rudy's ideas on Black Jews. In my experience, Rudy's good ideas come from Ḥakham haKohen, his bad ones are all his.
So you basically saying that we should have a Halachic communism state with a majority of Arabs that somehow will do what Jews say. And Jewish settlers are ok as long as they are not black. Who needs comedy when we have delusional mystical dosim - communists. I have unfortunate experience of living in both communist regime and Jewish orthodox communities and I can’t stop lmao at your dystopian fantasy.
Marxism is rooted in Antisemitism
Rudy lies to u.
Fuck off, I don’t believe Rudy
Great article. But the abayudaya, the Jews of Uganda have no genetic connection as a lost tribe, nor do they claim to. Fascinating and unique history everyone should learn about
Egobo . Bhi and others are not Jews. Aren’t welcome. Rudy just say it for money and pride
Oh really? Zero to do with my DNA according to you? Stop saying what I should stop saying. No one gave you any authority.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6RCMun4MY&lc=UgxmQOqOEfrq1YWgSaF4AaABAg
In recent times, Kanye West and Kyrie Irving made comments and shared tweets that have sparked discussions and given rise to what some have called anti-Semitism. I had a feeling that Igbos would be attacked because of the ongoing problem, even though they were not directly or indirectly involved. I was not disappointed. Because of long and productive years spent studying Igbos, Jews, African Americans, Israelis, I knew that Igbos must be attacked sooner or later, because people who hate the people of Israel use every chance to seek out Igbos. Well, one, Samuel Hyde, used an article, filled with inaccuracies to attack Igbos, through Rudy Rochman, Israeli activist. Apparently he had issues with Rochman, but by the nature of his attacks on Igbos, he has issues with Igbos too.
Using completely, uneducated, uninformed, baseless, false, repudiated, and meaningless arguments, he attacked Rochman for holding that Igbos are descendants of Gad, son of Jacob/Israel.
We will engage with his bases for alleging that Rochman was wrong? I’ll quote him.
“In 2017, The Forward reported on DNA tests to determine if Igbo men share genetic material with Jews, which found there was no connection between such groups.
In 1993, the Israeli Supreme Court declared that Igbos were in fact not of Jewish lineage based on the empirical evidence provided to the court and various testimonies by geneticists and historians.
David Sperling, professor emeritus of Bible at Hebrew Union College, has said that “the notion of Igbos as a lost tribe is mythical and that genetics continue to prove so as well. All these claims are discredited.”
I will look at the three positions Hyde based his scurrilous allegations on. He referred to the Forward report of 17th August 2017. Strangely he did not refer the Forward Report of 20th August 2017 which countered the false one he used as support, and which he must have also seen if search for truth was motivating him. The same forward noted,
“Ilona’s test shows “1.2% Middle Eastern,” according to a screenshot from the website MyHeritage.com. Ilona says other take-home tests, like one also posted online by a Nigerian-born attorney named Emeka Maduewesi, similarly show genetic markers from the region.
Even though he did not mention those ‘geneticists’ he referred to, I will mention them. They were pastors of Jewish Voice Ministries International, whom ignorant members of the Nigerian press, called ‘Israeli scientists’ in error.
Hyde, the Israeli High Court was completely wrong on the Igbo case. The court relied on wrong information. If you want to learn to the extent the Israeli authorities were wrong, invest some time in studying Israeli anthropologist Daniel Lis’ study and analysis of the judgment.
Again Hyde, you relied on Professor David Sperling. With due respect to the gentleman you mentioned, if you cited him correctly, he was 100% wrong, and we have not seen his name in any list of scholars who have studied Omenana and Igbo history. By the way Omenana was the religion and culture of the Israelites. That was also what the Israelites thought their religion and culture was called.
Igbos are not Jews unless they convert.
My DNA shows 98% Ashkenazi and 2% African. So I am African now. Where should I go get a citizenship from? Congo? Nigeria?
Israeli Supreme Court is wrong. But Ilona is right. Very convincing story.
I dont get people like Hyde. Every Jew is "messianic" as we know that Moshiach will come. Why use the term as an epithet? Just to trash observant Jews, that is Jews that actually practice Judaism?? Israel was given to the Jews by God. Do you deny that? Do you want Israel to just another socialist/fascist democracy like France and more and more the USA?? The Treaty of San Remo gave the arabs over 70% of Israel, why do you want to give away more? And the constant use of this term "two state solution" besides being historically inaccurate, is totally anti-Jew racist as it implies the Final Solution, and in fact if it ever can to be it would likely the Final Solution again. The fact is that unless Israel is a State for Jews, it has no reason to exist. Is that what you want?
No. Literally on everything you said.
Terrific. Stop saying you are a Jew, which, by the way, has 0 to do with DNA
Wrong
Thank you so much for writing about this. So important!