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Alliance of Black Jews, the Glossary

Index Alliance of Black Jews

The Alliance of Black Jews was an American organization that was started in Chicago, Illinois, in 1995 by a group of African Americans who self-identified as Jews and Black Hebrews.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: African Americans, African-American Jews, American Jews, Black Hebrew Israelites, Capers Funnye, Chicago, Conservative Judaism, Conversion to Judaism, Illinois, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, Jews, Orthodox Judaism, Rabbi, Reconstructionist Judaism, Reform Judaism, Robin Washington, Who is a Jew?, World ORT.

  2. 1995 establishments in Illinois
  3. African-American Judaism
  4. Black Hebrew Israelites
  5. Defunct Jewish organizations based in the United States
  6. Jewish organizations established in 1995
  7. Jewish religious organizations
  8. Jews and Judaism in Chicago

African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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African-American Jews

African-American Jews are people who are both African American and Jewish. Alliance of Black Jews and African-American Jews are African-American Judaism.

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American Jews

American Jews or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion.

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Black Hebrew Israelites

Black Hebrew Israelites (also called Hebrew Israelites, Black Hebrews, Black Israelites, and African Hebrew Israelites) are a new religious movement claiming that African Americans are descendants of the ancient Israelites. Alliance of Black Jews and Black Hebrew Israelites are African American–Jewish relations.

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Capers Funnye

Capers C. Funnye Jr. (born April 14, 1952) is an African-American Conservative rabbi, who leads the 200-member Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation of Chicago, Illinois, assisted by rabbis Avraham Ben Israel and Joshua V. Salter.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (translit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people through the generations, more than from divine revelation.

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Conversion to Judaism

Conversion to Judaism (translit or translit) is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion and become members of the Jewish ethnoreligious community.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California

J.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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Rabbi

A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit.

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Reconstructionist Judaism

Reconstructionist Judaism is a Jewish movement based on the concepts developed by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1881–1983) that views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization rather than just a religion.

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Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous revelation which is closely intertwined with human reason and not limited to the Theophany at Mount Sinai.

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Robin Washington

Robin Washington is an American journalist and filmmaker, born in Chicago in 1956.

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Who is a Jew?

"Who is a Jew?" (מיהו יהודי) is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification.

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World ORT

ORT (translation), also known as the Organisation for Rehabilitation through Training, is a global education network driven by Jewish values.

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See also

1995 establishments in Illinois

African-American Judaism

Black Hebrew Israelites

Defunct Jewish organizations based in the United States

Jewish organizations established in 1995

Jewish religious organizations

Jews and Judaism in Chicago

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_Black_Jews