TEL EL-SAFI, Israel — At the remains of an ancient metropolis in southern Israel, archaeologists are piecing together the history of a people remembered chiefly as the bad guys of the Hebrew ...

The early Israelites were part of the native population of Canaan from the coastal plain who withdrew into the hill country and developed a distinct group or national identity based on the ...

Earliest evidence of bronze production in Southern Levant from 3,000 years ago indicates use of local copper from Arava ...

Some Hebrew Israelites have attributed their exclusion from normative Jewish spaces to racism. This undercuts the legitimate concerns and needs of Jews of color — authentic members of our people.

Most Hebrew Israelites are not violent, but there are sects connected to black nationalist and anti-Semitic ideology, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Hebrew Israelites were entangled in confrontation in Washington, D.C., exchanging insults with Catholic students and Native American protestors.

Black Hebrew Israelites, who believe they are descendants of the ancient Israelites, protest on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 13, 2018. One of the groups within the Hebrew Israelite movement ...

Even the Ten Commandments, now claimed as universal laws—only seem to apply to the Israelites. Thou Shalt Not Kill—except that thou shalt kill all those Hittites and Girgashites and Jebusites.

“Black Hebrew Israelites claim to be from the Twelve Tribes of Israel, who will one day be given dominion by God to rule over the Earth,” said Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty ...