JTA — Dressed in matching purple hoodies and shirts, with gold fringes attached to the bottom in observance of Deuteronomy 22:12, hundreds of members of a controversial Hebrew Israelite group ...

The Hebrew-Israelites, whose practice of Judaism draws from early black nationalism and its message of empowerment, have lived for nearly a century on the fringes of the Jewish world.

There are several Hebrew Israelite offshoots in the New York region. Mathath Lawya, a founder of the Apostles of New Jerusalem, a prominent New Jersey congregation, disavowed the pair’s actions.

Israel’s clothing is decorated with the small ritual fringes popular among some Hebrew Israelites. Lamar is holding a Bible in his right hand and is wearing a T-shirt designed by Israel that ...

The 2020 U.S. Census put the Black population at 41.1 million, so extrapolating from the Lifeway data, there are approximately 1.6 million Hebrew Israelites in the U.S. — not counting the small ...

Dressed in matching purple hoodies and shirts, with gold fringes attached to the bottom in observance of Deuteronomy 22:12, hundreds of members of a controversial Hebrew Israelite group marched ...