r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Nov 27 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/blanky1 Non-Jewish Ally Nov 27 '24

Kwame Ture stated that "Judaism originates in Africa", and used this to explain (among other things) the existence of African Jews. To what extent is this true? Is it only referring to the biblical Jewish/proto-Jewish religion in Egypt, prior to their expulsion?

This was in his lecture on Zionism in 1990 which can be found on spotify and YouTube.

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u/specialistsets Non-denominational Nov 27 '24

To be blunt, this is completely false and often invoked in antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jews.

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u/blanky1 Non-Jewish Ally Nov 27 '24

Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was rather odd in an otherwise powerful anti-Zionist lecture.

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u/acacia_tree Reform Ashkie Diasporist Nov 28 '24

The Egypt exodus myth is actually just a myth and there is no archaeological evidence for it. u/gatoescado explains it well.

Judaism got to Africa via diaspora out of the Levant, same as everywhere else in the world.