Newsgroup: it.cultura.ebraica
Titolo: Comunita' di Dimona

Domenica scorsa, leggendo *La Stampa* ho letto quanto segue:
"Whitney Houston e' stata ricevuta il 27 maggio dal primo ministro
israeliano Ariel Sharon nella sua residenza di Gerusalemme. La cantante
americana era in Israele per far visita agli Ebrei neri di Dimona, un
gruppo con circa 2000 adepti che rivendica la propria discendenza da una
delle dieci tribu' di Israele, segue una dieta severa e autorizza la
poligamia".
Di W.Houston non mi importa molto ^_^ mentre sono stata incuriosita da
questa comunita'; ho fatto una ricerchetta in rete e ho trovato alcune
informazioni:
http://christianparty.net/blackjews.htm
[...] they've maintained other religious tenets not found in traditional
Judaism. All members are strictly vegan, eat only raw food for four
weeks out of the year, and fast on the Sabbath. A hierarchy of princes
and ministers has the right to approve marriages and discourage members
from wedding outside the community. They also run their own school,
where the primary language of instruction is Hebrew.
http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/13-07.html
[...] In Israel, there are groups calling themselves "Black Hebrews"
that are African Americans, not Ethiopian Jews, who moved to Israel in
late 60's-early-70's. There is a wide variety of "Black Hebrew"
practices in Israel. Some are Torah Israelites, some ascribe to "the
whole bible", and some claim they are Torah based. Some of the
misunderstandings about the nature of these groups arises from the
particularity of African-American religious sensibilities, which
themselves arise out of fundamentally different experiences than those
of any other American group. Thus, the categorical boundaries that apply
to Euro-Americans (i.e., Christian or Jew, Muslim or Christian) cannot
be so easily applied to the African-American religious traditions. This
partially explains why these groups identify with ancient culture and
not the religion of Judaism.
Some groups called "Black Hebrew" Israel (but which are really not)
practice a fundamentalist form of Christianity, but do not consider
themselves Christians or Jews, but Hebrews, "true" decendants of the
"Hebrew race". For example, they fast on Shabbat, and are strict
vegetarians, to name a couple of examples. They have a large community
in Dimona in the Negev, and they often hold jazz concerts throughout the
country. They recently received permanent residency status, and official
citizenship is soon to follow.
Many African American Hebrews practice Kashruth, circumcise their male
children, observe Shabbat, as well as many other customs. These customs
were passed down from their grandparents, although they may not be
understood as Jewish at the time. Some in this group grew up practicing
all forms of Christianity, some have given such practices up completely,
others have mixed Christian practices with Jewish custom. Such African
American Hebrew Israelites identify with ancient culture and not the
religion of Judaism.
Finora non ho trovato riferimenti alla poligamia... e' stato un errore
di stampa o e' corretto?
ne sapete qualcosa di piu'?
Grazie,
Francesca
 
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 ne sapete qualcosa di piu'?
Iniziamo con l' arrivo degli Ebrei "Falasciti " In Israele "Operazione
Shlomo" questi cari sig.i sono molto oservanti, ma al contrario di certi
Super ortodossi , non negano lo stato , prestano servizio militare 
L' inizio è stato molto difficile per loro (differenza di colore e di
abbitudini) ma oggi si puo dire che sono abbastanza integrati (non tanto
per i matrimoni misti )
Io escluderei del tutto la poligamia !
Saluti & Chag Sameach
S 
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