Soul Messages From Dimona

By: Eric Liebetrau In 1966, Chicago steel worker Ben-Ammi Carter founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, an offshoot of the Black Hebrew groups that dated to the late 1800s. Emphasizing the foundations of Judaism, the group was powerfully influenced by the rebellious spirit of civil-rights agitators like Marcus Garvey. They also sported a top-notch gospel choir. Three years later, after a brief period in Liberia, Carter and his followers settled in Dimona, Israel. From these f...

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