NZFOI: Last Sunday, Rebecca Marchand gave a briefing on the December anti-Semitic attacks in Jersey City and Monsey. For many attendees this was the first time they had heard of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, or even that there were anti-Semitic sentiments amongst African-Americans for that matter. More disturbingly, the philosophies of the BHI resembles closely the philosophies of the British Israelite Movements and the modern Christian doctrine of Supersessionism. We should also add that though Supersessionism is commonly held amongst Christians, many oppose it. This article provides a disturbing briefing on BHI.
The Jersey City murders are the culmination of years of incitement against Jews. But the perpetrators in that case were themselves minorities from the African American community. The perpetrators have been identified as coming from an extremist religious group called Black Hebrew Israelites, making them a minority of a minority. The perpetrators are seen as a “militant” fringe within that minority.
