The notion that Igbos migrated from Israel was never a fabrication by the Igbo indigenes, it was first identified by the early europeans to enter the shores of Nigeria. They were astonished of the fact that the tradition practice by the Igbos were of similarity to those practice by the Israel of the Bible, even though their had never been any bible exposure to Africa as at then .

Daniel Lis, from the Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland, is one of the foremost researchers on Jewish identification among the Igbo. He says there has been a clear continuity of Jewish identity among the Igbo. "It's not just something that happened yesterday," he says.

The Swiss-Israeli anthropologist says that Igbo- Jewish identity can be traced back to the 18th century. Cross-cultural comparisons have been documented by people ranging from George Thomas Basden, the influential Anglican missionary and ethnographer who proposed that the word "Igbo" evolved as a corruption of the word "Hebrew," to Olaudah Equiano, a freed Igbo slave living in 18th century British society. The oral stories and historic notations of cultural resemblances between the Igbo and the Jews have proven compelling enough to lure a diverse array of
people to southeastern Nigeria.

Michael Freund, an American Jew based in Israel, is planning his first trip to Nigeria to get a first-hand look at the culture of the Igbo. "I've read about them but of course there is nothing like actually hearing the stories of the people themselves," he says. Discovering "lost" Jewish communities around the world is what Freund does. He is the founder and chairman of the independent non-profit organization Shavei Israel. According to its media spokesperson Arik Puder, Shavei Israel is the only organization in Israel that focuses on finding descendants of the legendary lost tribes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/01/world/africa/nigeria-jews-igbo/

Below are some of the known traditions of Igbos even before missionaries came to Africa:

1. In Igboland a woman lives apart from their husbands nor cooks for them or enters their husband’s quarters when she is on her period, she is seen as unclean . Even up till today such practice is still applicable in some part of Igboland especially by the traditionalist. Before a woman can enter the palace of Obi of Onitsha , she will be asked if she is on period, if yes, she will be asked to stay out.

Leviticus 15: 19-20
When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean, anyone who touches her or anything she has sat on becomes unclean.

2. An Igbo man’s ancestral heritage, called “Ana Obi” is not sellable, elders will not permit this. If this is somehow done due to the influence of the West the person is considered a fool and is ostracized by the community.

1 king 21:3
I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors, and the lord forbid that I should sell it, said Naboth.

3. Igbos have practiced the taking a late brothers wife into marriage after she had been widowed until the white men came. Now it is rarely done but except in very rural villages of the bush.

Deuteronomy 25:5
A widow of a dead man is not to married outside the family; it is the duty of the dead man's brother to marry her.

4. In Igboland, there is a unique form of apprenticeship in which either a male family member or a community member will spend six(6) years (usually in their teens to their adulthood) working for another family. And on the seventh year, the head of the host household, who is usually the older man who brought the apprentice into his household, will establish (Igbo: idu) the apprentice by either setting up a business for him or giving money or tools by which to make a living.

Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay you anything.

5. In Igboland , the yam is very important to the Igbo as it is their staple crop. There are celebrations such as the New
yam festival (Igbo: Iri Ji) which are held for the harvesting of the yam. New Yam festival (Igbo: Iri ji) is celebrated annually to secure a good harvest of the staple crop. Those old days it is an abomination for one to eat a new harvest before the festival. It's a tradition that you give the gods of the land first as a thanks given.

Deuteronomy 16:9
Count 7 weeks from the time that you begin to harvest the crops, and celebrate the harvest festival to honor the lord your God, by bringing him a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing he has given you. Celebrate in the lord's presence together with your children, servants, foreigners . Be sure that you obey my command, said the lord.

6. In Igboland it's a tradition that the male children are circumcised on the 8th day. This tradition is still practice till date.

Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.

7. In Igboland, there a practice known as "ile omugwo ". After a woman has given birth to a child, a very close and experienced relative of her, in most time her mother is required by tradition to come spend time with her and her husband. In which she is do all the work of the wife, while the new mom’s
only assignment to the baby will be to breastfeed. This goes on for a month or more. In the Igbo old tradition, at this time, the new mom lives apart from her husband, would not cook or enter his quarters.

Leviticus 12:1-4
For seven days after a woman gives birth, she is ritually unclean as she is during her monthly period. It will be 33 days until she is ritually clean from the loss of blood; she is not to touch anything that is holy.

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In other words you are trying to tell the Ibos to leave Biafraland and relocate back to Israel their ancestral home

But isreal don push drugs, do 419, money rituals and robbery...cox dix ar d strongest culture of d igbos..

dejavski:
In other words you are trying to tell the Ibos to leave Biafraland and relocate back to Israel their ancestral home

do u think d Israelites will tolerate all dix drug trafficking and robbery we nigerians ar tolerating from dix igbo people?

dejavski:
In other words you are trying to tell the Ibos to leave Biafraland and relocate back to Israel their ancestral home

Their are recognized jews in America, swiss , Ethiopia etc. They don't need to relocate to Israel. The Jews around the world know themselves, and they stand and help each other in times of problem.

kestolove95:
do u think d Israelites will tolerate all dix drug trafficking and robbery we nigerians ar tolerating from dix igbo people?

All those crimes u enlisted are not solely an igbo thing if you can be true to urself. Nigeria is a dream killer, the political pace is rotten with corruption and bigotry.

kestolove95:
But isreal don push drugs, do 419, money rituals and robbery...cox dix ar d strongest culture of d igbos..

just read d trash u jst wrote.. U so stup!d nd u knw it..puss!es lyk u shuld be banned 4rm NL

Fat lie

kestolove95:
But isreal don push drugs, do 419, money rituals and robbery...cox dix ar d strongest culture of d igbos..

While ur known for using humans, especially kids, to juju and all other fetish practices, robbing, being extremely dirty that pigs even fear u, hating, cursing and fighting, sleeping around like dogs (especially your married women), lying and cheating...the list goes on. Tufiakwa! Ofe mmanu!

OkaOme:

While ur known for using humans, especially kids, to juju and all other fetish practices, robbing, being extremely dirty that pigs even fear u, hating, cursing and fighting, sleeping around like dogs (especially your married women), lying and cheating...the list goes on. Tufiakwa! Ofe mmanu!

Bro ah dnt knw how to thank u..d op na woman wrapper..smh