| Titre | Black Hebrews du politique au religieux : les ressorts d'une lutte pour l'identité | |
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| Auteur | Ulysses Santamaria | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 83, 1er trimestre 1987 La mode des identités | |
| Page | 41-51 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The approximately 250 000 black Jews of the United States claim to be descended from black African Jewry, which dates back more than two millenia. In fact, black American Judaism appeared at the end of the 19th century, in the course of the great migration from the South to the North, as a radicalization of the biblical message of Exodus propagated by Protestantism. The first important communities date from 1915. The movement expands significantly in the 1960's. Religious practice becomes more orthodox at this time and an independent educational system arises. Despite the leading role they once played within the black community, black Jews distance themselves from black radicalism, without gaining full recognition by the white Jewish community.
At present, * Black Hebrews », as they prefer to be called, have come to privilege the religious aspects of their identity. Marriage practices are one indication of such tendencies : marriages between black Jews and whites are on the increase ; the refusal to marry non-Jews is more and more the case. The tendency therefore is toward the integration of black Jews in the American Jewish community, which is in the process of accepting them. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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