There is an ongoing Government research on the Jewish diasporas that will bring israel and her diaspora closer. i read this >>> Report of the Public Advisory Committee for Examining Israel’s Approach Regarding Worldwide Communities with Affinity to the Jewish People on the isreali Ministry of disaporan affairs government's website.

http://www.mda.gov.il/antisemitism/documents/eng200818.pdf

The igbos are considered by the Israelis as the major Jewish group in Africa. but because of certain hurdles and the fear of them being major targets in Nigeria, research has been done at a slow pace albeit being the most researched African Jewish group.

Excerpts below.

In recent years, there has been a growing awakening of various groups with affinity to the Jewish people or to Israel, even though they are neither Jews, nor are they entitled to the Law of Return. This is a fascinating trend with strategic potential for the Jewish people and the State of Israel, since these are tens of millions of people who can constitute circles of contacts, affinity and support for the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

The existence of these groups and their desire for a contact with the Jewish people raised the need to investigate the phenomenon and formulate operative recommendations pertaining to the State of Israel’s treatment of this phenomenon, as well as thinking about the attitude of the Jewish people in the Diaspora towards these groups. As a rule, we do not have a distinct category to which they can be associated, having the Law of Return on the one hand, and the Entry into Israel Law on the other.

That is why I have established a public advisory committee that will be tasked with examining the matter comprehensively and in a far-sighted
manner, and with clarifying both the factual aspects of the existence of these communities as well as the possible long-term implications for any policy that will be formulated regarding them. The committee is also required to formulate policy recommendations to the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs in order to lead their implementation within the government of Israel and among the Jewish people.

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Dr. Daniel Lees, Basel University, Switzerland, researcher of Jews and Judaized Africans, mainly the Igbos:

Lees has been studying the Igbo tribe (also called Ibo) since 2006 when he traveled to Nigeria and found four substantial communities of Judaized Igbos. Since then some of the communities have split and new ones created. The Igbo is an ethnic group numbering about 30 million members and is concentrated mostly in South-Western Nigeria, but its members are also scattered in other regions. Owing to the slave trade, some of the blacks in the USA and in the Caribbean are descendants of the Igbo. In recent decades many Igbos emigrated to Europe. Almost all Igbos hold the belief that they are of Jewish descent. The Igbos today are Christians, but even a minority of Igbos who remained faithful to their pre-Christian pagan religion believe in their Jewish origin. Dr. Lees’ impression is that the belief in Jewish origin does not stem from economic motives, since the 20,000 Igbos currently living in Switzerland who hold to this belief do not benefit from it at all. Judaized Igbos currently number several thousand at most.

The Igbo’s belief in their Jewish descent is nothing new, as early as 1840, when a British scientific delegation went out to research the Igbo tribes, the Chief Rabbis of London sent with them a letter of inquiry to the Igbo tribesmen, under the assumption they were of Jewish origin.
Early 1840, Olaudah Equiano, a freed slave who became one of the first and most prominent spokesmen for the rights of colored people, authored a book which noted the many parallels he had found between beliefs and customs of the Igbo tribesmen and those of the Jews. In 1840, when a British scientific delegation set out to research the Igbo tribes, the Chief Rabbis of London sent a letter of inquiry with them to the Igbo tribesmen, under the assumption they were of Jewish origin. It would be advisable to establish an Igbo research and study center, send representatives from Israel to regularly meet these groups, and invite representatives of communities like this one to activities organized by Israeli embassies.

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Mr. Danny Limor, who was active in bringing Ethiopian Jews to Israel via Sudan, and directed a study program about immigration:

Limor is mainly active in helping the Igbo communities in Nigeria interested in converting, and also other groups like the Lemba in South Africa. He visited Nigeria several times, accessing communities with an active synagogue run by Igbo tribesmen. He estimates some 10-15 communities total up to 5,000 people. The Igbos’ overt process of closer links to Judaism began about 50-60 years ago. Currently these communities include a generation born and wholly living according to a “Jewish” identity. “The people of the Igbo communities and similar groups are interested first and foremost in receiving an adequate Jewish education.” These communities’ main source of information regarding normative Judaism is the internet. Limor helped students from the community establish a Jewish student organization in Nigeria. He organized two weeks of intensive studies on Judaism and Israel for the youngsters of these communities, but this is just a drop in the ocean compared to what is really needed. The people of the Igbo communities are interested first and foremost in receiving an adequate Jewish education. It would be very helpful to establish a school or institute in Israel for Igbo communities and similar groups, allowing the communities’ youngsters specified study sessions offering meaningful materials about Judaism, Israel and leadership so that they can return to their countries and lead
their communities.

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The disregard and continued inaction vis-à-vis these communities may have devastating consequences for the future of Israel and the Jewish People, among them: the creation of parallel communities which will be recognized in various countries as Jewish but will have no relation to the Jewish People or the State of Israel, forming a parallel, alternative Judaism; distancing those whose Jewish identity is weakening; missing important opportunities in cultural, economic and informational levels among those who wish to draw nearer and be of help to Israel; creating antagonism among those who could be Israel’s best friends.
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Igbos are of Jewish descent.

Ok

Content above was written by a crafty person..kanu is one of the baffling problems Nigerians ever encountered..Never did Gani Adam of the yorubas or Boro of the South south seek asylum in lsreal..why that lunatics different..

oyin44:
Content above was written by a crafty person..kanu is one of the baffling problems Nigerians ever encountered..Never did Gani Adam of the yorubas or Boro of the South south seek asylum in lsreal..why that lunatics different..

Product of a failed education system. Poor comprehension. Mental laziness.

oyin44:
Content above was written by a crafty person..kanu is one of the baffling problems Nigerians ever encountered..Never did Gani Adam of the yorubas or Boro of the South south seek asylum in lsreal..why that lunatics different..

What is this one saying.?

Sometimes, it is better to keep shut and walk away than to expose your lack of proper understanding of issues beyond your level

Warship:




What is this one saying.?

Sometimes, it is better to keep shut and walk away than to expose your lack of proper understanding of issues beyond your level

You should have allowed him to embarass himself futher rather than quoting him..

oyin44:
Content above was written by a crafty person..kanu is one of the baffling problems Nigerians ever encountered..Never did Gani Adam of the yorubas or Boro of the South south seek asylum in lsreal..why that lunatics different..

What do you mean? You can see the word "excerpts" ( means, a short extract from a writing)

This committee was formed by the Israeli government in 2017, and the contents you just read was written by them which you can find in the link provided above, Moreover it is a government run website, any claims to me being crafty, it holds no weight. so i dunno why you ma.d @ me

Everyone knows this - that the Igbo's are of Jewish descent.

The news emanating from the ipob camp about Israel's support is becoming clearer after reading this 2017 Israeli Government report.

Remember the mention of biafra by nethanyahu during the 2017 holocaust remembrance day?
Remember the claims of kanu being helped by mossad?
Remember the Israeli ambassador denying kanu's presence in israel but was later confirmed to be true corroborating claims by ipob that kanu has been granted protective status
Remember Israel's donation of 5million dollars to the opening of radio biafra in jerusalem? it has now opened and was confirmed by an israeli citizen Naomi litvin.

it only leaves one wondering what might happen if there should be another pogrom in the north. I fear for the hidden plans in the books of ipob and Israel.

Does the Nigerian government know of this threat or understand the magnanimity of this problem?

YORUBA MUSLIMS GO MASTURBATE TIRE FOR THIS THREAD

oyin44:
Content above was written by a crafty person..kanu is one of the baffling problems Nigerians ever encountered..Never did Gani Adam of the yorubas or Boro of the South south seek asylum in lsreal..why that lunatics different..

tell your zoo army to go kill him in ISRAEL.

Israel should help the Igbos to create a Biafran state

God bless #Umu-Igbo

God bless d land of d rising sun

I am not Jewish. I am igbo.

A technological and educational alliance with Israel won't hurt though.

They are preparing to invade. They are angry and asking, why are these Jews so keen on attaching to Igbos? What do they see in Igbos that they don't see in us Afonjas?

God bless NK.

Cc Mynd44, Lalasticlala.

Too much stew dey inside this tori.

pazienza, ngozi123, amarabae, Bigfrancis21, afam4eva...


igbo are of jewish decent.


i did say the language coincidence with ancient hebrew were much..

Hebrews me think

The simple fact that Nnamdi Kanu is in Israel and Israeli government refuses to acknowledge he is there is the biggest insult and disrespect a nation can give to another nation. What Israeli government is saying is " Biafrans and Nnamdi Kanu are more important to us than any bilateral relationship we have with you."

oyin44:
Content above was written by a crafty person..kanu is one of the baffling problems Nigerians ever encountered..Never did Gani Adam of the yorubas or Boro of the South south seek asylum in lsreal..why that lunatics different..

A typical product of the failed Awolo half education.
Ntooorrrrrr!

Following

vanbonattel:

Product of a failed education system. Poor comprehension. Mental laziness.

You are not Jews and will never be. Your association by force has severally been rejected by the Jewish state

freedomforall30:
The simple fact that Nnamdi Kanu is in Israel and Israeli government refuses to acknowledge he is there is the biggest insult and disrespect a nation can give to another nation. What Israeli government is saying is " Biafrans and Nnamdi Kanu are more important to us than any bilateral relationship we have with you."

Preach!

Roger3D:
You are not Jews and will never be. Your association by force has severally been rejected by the Jewish state

lol. We might not really be jewish...then again we might actually be...since no one has definitively explored our origin.

But one thing for sure is that isreal has taken a keen interest in the igbos. A strategic alliance with them can help achieve an independent igbo nation

Trapping:
Everyone knows this - that the Igbo's are of Jewish descent.

Correction, Hebrew descent and not Jewish because the modern day Jews are of Euro Khazar origin with some Hebrew and Edomite blood in DNA.