The Emperors of Ethiopia claimed to be descended from Menelik I, the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and one of Haile Selassie’s titles was “The Lion of Judah”. It’s all laid out in the medieval Ethiopian nationalist/religious chronicle Kebra Nagast (The Glory of Kings).
The Rastafarian religion is a religion founded in Jamaica in the 20th century that believes that Haile Selassie was the reincarnation of Jesus, and that eventually, Haile Selassie will come back, set up a paradise in Ethiopia and destroy western culture, which they see as evil and demonic.
A couple of years ago, in London, I worked with a Black Jamaican Jewish lady - she wasn’t a convert. She said her ancestors were Jewish too. The boss was a white Jewish lady & she considered her as Jewish as anybody else.
However, the black lady said that a lot of white Jews were pretty racist against black Jews. She told me an incident where her husband was sat in the synanogue with some white Jews. Another Jewish guy walked in, shook everybody’s hand, and ignored her husband.
Also, another lady in the office was a black Zambian lady who was converting cos she was marrying a Portguese Jew. There was another black lady who was an Islamic convert who the organisation had to get rid of cos she was saying anti-Jewish stuff in the office.
PS I’m of a British-Indian background, and I’ve come across many white American Jews who were unaware that Indian Jews even existed.
I know this may be rather late, but I have to say I lived in Israel and found the Ethiopian Jews to be some of the nicest, most polite of all Israeli citizens. I see them as part of my family as I do any other Jewish group.
Our neighbors are Ethiopian Jews and you just won’t find any nicer folks. They borrowed a cup of milk one day and the husband went out in a snow storm that evening just to buy a quart so that he could pay us back. I can’t imagine any of our friends going to that length!
Even “truths” can be asserted. Then the assertions get supported by facts to illustrate the assertion’s validity. That’s what I’m asking. Or am I just supposed to say “ok” 'cause you say so?
Furthermore, Ethiopians Jews validity isn’t in question by just about anyone, so why should European Jews validity be doubted?
Actually, that’d be an excellent idea. I won’t lead you wrong. But to answer your question I’ll give you a white source, because I know you’d reject any other: you can read H.G. Wells ‘Outline of History.’ Forgot which volume, but I believe it’s the second. He traces how Judaism finally found its way to the European Jews.
The idea of Ethiopians traveling to Palestine (which was a part of Africa before the creation of the Suez Canal) shouldn’t be looked upon as anything out of the ordinary. Africans traveled all over the world. Africans have always been a very well-traveled people. More than any other, though all peoples traveled. Isn’t nearly all of the “History” we’re taught merely the record of different peoples traveling the world and coming into contact with one another?
That can’t be a serious question.
That said, Judaism didn’t begin in Palestine. The elements that have gone into what is today is called “Judaism” came out of Africa.
What in the heck is a “white source”? Is that like a white paper (which is a document summarizing information on a given topic)?
Otherwise, I am not familiar with HG Wells’ non-fiction. I am also not prone to just believing people on their say-so. I imagine you aren’t either, so why should I be more accepting than you?
