[archy]

They do practice Judaism, and as their kids go through the IDF, have Orthodox Conversions, so they are, indeed, Jewish.

More thn a few are in the Israeli Police Reserves, the Mash'az armed police reserve, as well.

[jjotto]

The dominant group of American ‘African Hebrew Israelites’ was led by Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, originally from Chicago. Many migrated to Israel as tourists after the ‘67 War. There might be as many as 200,000 of them in the US.