Jewish Life in Nigeria: Video 1

Shmuel Tikvah Ben Yaakov (Samuel Chukwuma) chants the morning blessings, thanking God for "girding Israel with strength" and asking God's protection against arrogance and arrogant individuals. Visit www.rabbihowardgorin.org/nigeria.html to learn more about Nigeria's Jews.

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• africa
• african
• berakhot
• hebrew
• ibo
• igbos
• jews
• jewish
• judaism
• nigeria
• prayer

[ALANLEEY]

lol is this a joke

[rovingrabbi]

@ALANLEEY Why would you ask that?

[Jordana1018]

Hashem bless them and watch over them, the mere fact your people survived is beyond a miracle. I love my people. We may be small people spread from corner to corner of this Earth but we are all one. Shalom!!

[rovingrabbi]

@Jordana1018 If we are not one now, may the day soon come that we will be.

[mbagala1]

Jews call you monkeys

[rovingrabbi]

@mbagala1 I doubt that you have ever heard a Jew call an African a "monkey."

[rovingrabbi]

@TheBladesofWrath To deny that there is racism in the Jewish community would be laughable. To deny that this racism is waning reflects abysmal ignorance of the realities of contemporary Jewish life.

[mozadek1]

Some (mostly slave trade, or those left behind), Blacks ARE the JEWS, not Jew"ISH".

[rovingrabbi]

@Nnfefe An ugly, ignorant comment

[rovingrabbi]

@Nnfefe Not totally true. There are pilgrimages to Israel for Christians - paid for by Nigerian state government funds. But - there is no pilgrimage to Israel for Ibos who identify as Jews.

[rovingrabbi]

@TrueISRAELSpeaks Racist - perhaps: there are racist Zionists even though Zionism itself is not about race. Apartheid - have you been to Israel? If so, you should know that there is no apartheid there.