More than 250 Jews from the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria were brought to Israel last month for a week of Jewish activities and classes. ... Nigeria between August 18-25 thanks to Shavei Israel, ...

Shavei Israel’s goal instead, Freund said, is to “strengthen the connection” between descendants of Jews and modern-day Jews and Israel. So Shavei must first establish whether the Igbo are ...

Jerusalem, Israel. 12 Sivan 5785 - About. About Us; Contact Us; Submit an Article; The Siruv List; Support ... Nigeria’s Igbo Jews. Many Igbo, even while practicing Christianity, ...

The Igbo is one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Long based in the south of what became Nigeria, the Igbos are as much African as Cleopatra who was Greek was Egyptian (African).

According to Igbo Jewish tradition, the community descends from one of the so-called 10 Lost Tribes of Israel which are said to have disappeared after being taken into captivity when the northern ...

Nigerian textbooks are inconsistent in their presentation of Jews, with some promoting respect and coexistence and others promoting deeply problematic stereotypes, IMPACT-se assessed in its new report ...

The Igbo are overwhelmingly Christian, but there are an estimated 12,000-15,000 who self-identify as Jews, keeping traditional devotional practices, including the dietary laws.

In a 2019-2020 Pew Research Center survey, 82% of Jewish adults in the United States said caring about Israel is an essential or important part of what being Jewish means to them.Roughly six-in-ten ...