What do I think about them? Well not much, do I ever think about them? Not much. Seen a few videos, they seem to be extremists, and I heard some of their outdoor preaching, very confrontational.
from the web some info,
In late 2008, the
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) wrote that "the extremist fringe of the Hebrew Israelite movement" is
black supremacist. It also wrote that the members of such groups "believe that
Jews are devilish impostors and ... openly condemn
whites as
evil personified, deserving only death or slavery". The SPLC also wrote that "most Hebrew Israelites are neither explicitly racist nor
anti-Semitic and do not advocate violence".
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The Black Hebrew groups that are characterized as black supremacist by the SPLC include the Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge,
[76] the
Nation of Yahweh[77] and the
Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ.
[75] Also, the
Anti-Defamation League has written that the "12 Tribes of Israel" website, which is maintained by a Black Hebrew group, promotes black supremacy.
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As of December 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center "lists 144 Black Hebrew Israelite organizations as black separatist hate groups because of their antisemitic and anti-white beliefs".
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A 1999
FBI terrorism risk assessment report stated that "violent radical fringe members" of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement hold "beliefs [that] bear a striking resemblance to the
Christian Identity theology practiced by many
white supremacists".
[79][80] It also reported that "the overwhelming majority of [Black Hebrew Israelites] are unlikely to engage in violence."
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On December 10, 2019, two people who had expressed interest in the Black Hebrew Israelite movement were killed in a
shootout with police after killing a police detective at
Bayview Cemetery and three people at the JC Kosher Supermarket in
Jersey City, New Jersey: the Jewish co-owner of the grocery store, an employee, and a Jewish shopper. Authorities treated the incident as an act of
domestic terrorism.
[81] Capers Funnye, who has been the
rabbi for the past 26 years of the 200-member
Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation,
[82][83] condemned the attack and said that his community was "gripped by sadness" over "the heinous actions of two disturbed individuals who cloaked themselves in anti-Semitism and hate-filled rhetoric". He also criticized the media reports by saying it was "unfortunate that the media uses the term 'Black Hebrew Israelites' without distinction as if the description is a one size fits all and it is absolutely not!" Funnye emphasized that "we don't want to be seen as some radical fringe group with a false narrative because we are black and profess Judaism; we are Torah-oriented Jews."
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On December 28, 2019, a man with a
machete attacked several Orthodox Jewish people during
Hanukkah celebrations in a house in
Monsey, New York. Authorities revealed the fact that his journals included what appeared to be a reference to Black Hebrew Israelites stating that "Hebrew Israelites" have taken from "ebinoid Israelites".
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