The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem
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The African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem (also known as The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem or Black Hebrews) is a small religious group whose members believe they are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. With a population of over 2000, most members live in their own community in Dimona, Israel. They practice polygamy.[1]
The group was founded in Chicago by a former steel worker named Ben Carter, who changed his name to Ben Ammi Ben-Israel upon his arrival in Israel. Carter claims he had a "vision," in which the archangel Gabriel revealed to him that African Americans were descended from the "lost tribe of Judah," Israelites who were expelled
