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| The "'''Commandment Keepers:''' Holy Church of the Living God" are a sect of Jews, founded in 1919 by ]n-born Rabbi Arthur Wentworth Matthew<ref name="maahcg">''The Manhattan African-American History and Culture Guide,'' Museum of the City of New York</ref>, who believe that people of Ethiopian descent represent one of the ].<ref name="maahcg"/> They claim King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba as their ancestors, and believe the biblical patriarchs to have been black.<ref></ref> | The "'''Commandment Keepers:''' Holy Church of the Living God" are a sect of Jews, founded in 1919 by ]n-born Rabbi Arthur Wentworth Matthew<ref name="maahcg">''The Manhattan African-American History and Culture Guide,'' Museum of the City of New York</ref>, who believe that people of Ethiopian descent represent one of the ].<ref name="maahcg"/> They claim King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba as their ancestors, and believe the biblical patriarchs to have been black.<ref></ref> | ||
| The mother congregation of the movement has since 1962 been located at 1 West 123rd Street in ], New York City. Most of its |
The mother congregation of the movement has since 1962 been located at 1 West 123rd Street in ], New York City. Most of its members are black but it has always had white visitors and occasionally white members. They use the ] Spanish and Portuguese prayerbook, the ] ], parchment Torah scrolls, and offer standard orthodox Sephardi style Sabbath and Jewish Holyday services. | ||
| The congregation will be profiled in a documentary film currently under development, which will be released in the near future. <ref> </ref> | The congregation will be profiled in a documentary film currently under development, which will be released in the near future. <ref> </ref> | ||
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The "Commandment Keepers: Holy Church of the Living God" are a sect of Jews, founded in 1919 by Nigerian-born Rabbi Arthur Wentworth Matthew, who believe that people of Ethiopian descent represent one of the lost tribes of Israel. They claim King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba as their ancestors, and believe the biblical patriarchs to have been black.
The mother congregation of the movement has since 1962 been located at 1 West 123rd Street in Harlem, New York City. Most of its members are black but it has always had white visitors and occasionally white members. They use the De Sola Pool Spanish and Portuguese prayerbook, the Hertz Chumash, parchment Torah scrolls, and offer standard orthodox Sephardi style Sabbath and Jewish Holyday services.
The congregation will be profiled in a documentary film currently under development, which will be released in the near future.
References
- ^ The Manhattan African-American History and Culture Guide, Museum of the City of New York
- University of Virginia New Religious Movements website
- "The Commandment Keepers" film website
- Article on Black Jewish community, jewishvirtuallibrary.org
- Synagogue profile at nyc-architecture.com
- Congregation description at film website
- New York Post article on congregation.
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