Israelite Rabbinical Academy

The Israelite Rabbinical Academy is a Black Hebrew Israelite academy in the United States that is affiliated with the International Israelite Board of Rabbis.

Black Hebrew Israelites
Subgroups and denominations
People

History

The academy originated as an offshoot of Wentworth Arthur Matthew's Royal Order of Ethiopian Hebrews, founded in 1925. In 1970, under the leadership of Chief Rabbi Levi Ben Levy, the Ethiopian Hebrew Rabbinical College was renamed the Israelite Rabbinical Academy. The academy was established under the charter of the International Israelite Board of Rabbis in the New York City.[1]

Relationship with Rabbinic Judaism

The Black Orthodox Jewish writer and activist Shais Rishon has written that the Israelite Rabbinical Academy is not a Jewish institution, rejecting their use of the word rabbi. According to Rishon, Wentworth A. Matthew, Levi Ben Levy and others associated with the board never "belonged nor converted to any branch of Judaism", nor have any graduates of the academy with the exceptions of Capers Funnye and Eli Aronoff.[2]

Graduates

See also

References
  1. "Israelite Rabbinical Academy". Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  2. "A Case of Mistaken Identity: Black Jews & Hebrew Israelites". TribeHerald.com. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. "BOARD MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: RABBI CAPERS FUNNYE". Kulanu. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
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