tsdarkside:


you igbos are israel..you smogs.....

Pain is not good for your health..

Okay, I apologize..

I won't like to be held responsible if anything happens to you.

omenka:
Chai!!! Never seen things like this my entire life.

Igbos should please stop making themselves a laughing stock in this country- the trend is becoming too worrisome.

The Idomas in Benue state also bear Ada (females), while the male variant is Adah, yet you'd never see them make such claims. Of what purpose is this atache by force?? It bespeaks of acute inferiority complex honestly.

YOU ARE THE ONLY LAUGHING STOCK I CAN SEE HERE.

A group of people have right to chose their destiny and who they want to be.

Igbos have chosen Israel.

Other ones chosed the man that fell from the sky.

Any problem?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(name).


Attache by force is a disease

How about Lady Ada Lovelace that wrote a computer program as far back as the 19th century? Is she of the Igbo breed also?

[b]Igbo Jews with American Jwish visitors in Nigeria
Remi Ilona

As I think about what just happened - my move to America, to study for an MA in Religious Studies at the Florida International University - I just can't help but think of another operation that was far more grand and significant than my move, but which shares more than a few similarities with my own. In fact, my personal journey is a program which may in fact be critical in an unfolding process of similarly historic proportions: the Ingathering of the Igbo people of Nigeria.

I am referring to Operation Solomon, the program through which the Jewish people - represented by the Israelis, some Jews who were citizens of other countries, and important non-Jewish allies - brought tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews, endangered in a collapsing Mengistu's Ethiopia, and resettled them home in Israel.

My own personal "operation," which I am writing about now, while not nearing it in scale, shares some similarities. This one, too, involves some non-Jews who are fervent friends of the people of Israel, working together with Jews and Igbos, in the planning and execution.

30 million "Lost Jews" - in Nigeria?

I should say a little about the Igbos at this stage because this story is as much about the Igbos as it is about me, and my coming to America.

The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. In Nigeria we number up to 30 million, and very likely more. Millions of people of African descent in the Americas and in the Caribbean also have ancestral roots among the Igbos, as have millions of people in Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Gambia.

In 1966 a military coup in Nigeria was followed by a major pogrom directed against the Igbos, and the Nigerian war - also called the Biafra Tragedy - which lasted from 1967 to 1970. During that period the Igbos lost an estimated three million people to starvation, shootings, strafing and bombings, in a campaign by the Nigerian state that many saw as genocidal.

Many observers compared the suffering of the Igbos at the time with the Holocaust, and in fact many referred to the Igbos as the "Jews of Africa" as a result. However, while that particular analogy was based strictly on the similarities between the tragic experiences of the Jews of Europe and the Igbos, from what we know there may be other reasons to use it.

Some think that the Igbos drew worldwide attention back then for the first time, but that is not exactly correct. Before and during the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade era and European colonization of Africa, many people found the Igbos to be "strange," because in many respects they were radically different from their neighbors in customs, physical appearance and worldview. Many written sources - some put together by Europeans and Igbos - which suggest that the Igbos were of Jewish stock originated from that era. Dr. Daniel Lis, a Swiss-Israeli Social Anthropologist who studied this area of Igbo history, did a great job of compiling this part of Igbo history and writing a ground-breaking book based on it.

Remy Ilona featured in a documentary about the Igbos:

It's believed that some 30,000 Igbos practice some form of Judaism, although the number practicing normative Orthodox or "rabbinic" Judaism is believed to be between 1,500-2,000.

Those Igbo Jews call themselves the "Benei-Yisrael," and mostly live in an area which straddles the River Niger, near the Anambra states.

The Igbo Jews are said to have migrated from Syria, Portugal and Libya into West Africa around 740 C.E. It is claimed that the initial immigrants were from the biblical tribes of Gad, Asher, Dan, and Naphtali. Later, they were joined by more Jewish immigrants from Portugal and Libya in 1484 and 1667 respectively.

Some Igbos claims the legendary "River Sambation," beyond which it is said the ten lost tribes of Israel were dispersed by Assyrian King Sennacherib, is in Africa.

Legendary 9th century Jewish traveler Eldad ben-Mahli (also known as Eldad the Danite) wrote that the Igbo Jews in Africa had an entire body of Jewish scriptures except for the books of Esther and Lamentations. They did not know the Talmud, having been exiled prior to its authorship, but had compiled an equivalent scripture with all laws cited in the name of the biblical Joshua.

For years I have been studying the connections between the Igbo people and the Jews; by conducting a systematic comparison of Igbo culture (called "Omenana", which in English means n English means "the things or the commandments to be observed in the land" with Judaism, and via close examination of historical sources. This effort has enabled me to publish five books on the subject. In 2014 I published the most definitive one: The Igbos And Israel-An Inter-Cultural Study of the Largest Jewish Diaspora.

Finding Judaism

I have also been very active in a “strange” development that is taking place among the Igbos: Many Igbos have been leaving Christianity - which the Europeans that colonized the Igbos imposed on us - and have been forming rabbinic Jewish congregations. As I watched all these, participated in it, and even kick-started some of the developments myself, my hunger to know more about the Jews and the Igbos grew - and I knew then that I had to go back to school.

Some months ago I informed Professor Nathan Katz, who was a Facebook friend and who wrote a great review for my above-mentioned book, that I would like to go back to school to get more knowledge of Judaism. Why Judaism? Knowledge of Judaism helped me to gain greater knowledge of my own Igbo culture.

After a few days Professor Katz put me in touch with Professor Tudor Parfitt, whose great and pioneering work on African Jewry I had followed from a distance for several years. Both distinguished professors - with the support of their colleague Professor Oren Stier - took the lead, and we began to plan and execute this "operation."
Igbo "Benei Yisrael" Courtesy

After Professor Stier had given me information about the programs that were available at the Florida International University, and I had indicated that I would like to study Religion, so he recommended that I should take the GRE.

Avraham Van Riper, a long-time Jewish friend who had served in the U.S., Army and whose friendship with me had grown to the extent that we have become more like close family, and Dr. Daniel Lis, the Swiss-Israeli Social Anthropologist that I mentioned earlier, helped carefully design a program that would enable me, a practicing barrister, residing in a country facing a major insurgency and caring for a young and growing family, to clear the hurdle at the first attempt. They also provided me with much of the material resources that I needed to have to be able to tackle the GRE.

I took two months to prepare for the GRE, took the examination and passed it well. Professor Parfitt and his team worked diligently every step of the way to get me admitted to the MA program in Religious Studies at the Florida International University, with a graduate assistantship, and some fellowships to boot. And I must mention some other people whose behind-the-scenes work proved crucial: Chief Herman Storick, also a veteran of the U.S. Army; Andria Spindel, a Canadian Jew who is a board member of Kulanu Inc. who has been a long-time friend of mine; and Kulanu Inc’ itself, which I have worked with for over ten years as its Nigerian liaison. Also Professors Samuel Klausner of the University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University, William Miles of Northwestern University, and Dr. Nathan Paul of the University of Utah, wrote letters of support for me.

There was still much to be done, so many loose ends to tie up. With my wife Irene Malizu-Ilona assisting faithfully I went to work again. I began to rouse more members of the "Jewish troops": widening the circle of people involved in staging this operation I called up Gedaliah Gurfein, an Israeli rabbi and Talmudic expert, and Dean Draznin, an American Jewish PR expert, and both men and I, working together with the indefatigable Avraham Van Riper, cleared a lot of obstacles, and set the stage for my departure to America.

Members of the Igbo community around the world provided invaluable assistance: Ikechukwu Amobi, a Scotland-based Igbo Jewish oil engineer; Ihuoma and Ijeoma Inwere, friends of my wife who work in Nigeria’s oil industry; Hon Oji, a former legislator from the Igbo Abia State; Chioma Osuji, my wife’s elder sister who lives and works in Dallas; Bechikka Charles Ogamanya, a lieutenant colonel in the Nigerian Army and friend of mine; all weighed in, and gave me significant support.

As my departure neared, two outstanding issues had to be sorted out: a place of residence in Miami, and persons who would receive me upon my arrival.

Dean Draznin and his friend Sheila Ross and her husband took care of the first issue. Next on the list was the matter of reception at the airport, as I had not visited the U.S. before. Little did I know that a great reception was waiting for me in Miami, nearly twenty four hours after leaving Nigeria. Avi Charlop, son of a prominent rabbi; Harry Rozenberg, a rabbi who is active among Igbo-Jewry and who took a flight from New York to Miami, and planned to come to the airport with sports star Amar'e Stoudemire, were among many others at the airport when I arrived.

Dumisani Washington, a renowned friend and advocate for Israel and Jews, and a personal friend too, provided crucial help throughout. Since Washington - who founded and heads the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel - announced my arrival I have received numerous invitations to visit and speak.

Many other colleagues and friends like Judy Manelis of Kulanu Inc’, have been giving me significant support since I arrived. And from the Igbo community individuals like Chukwudi Nwangwu, an Igbo reconnection to Israel activist who lives in Houston, and Ozo Okenwa Ewudo, an Igbo businessman who is based in California presently, and whose experience as an Igbo nze (nazirite) deserves to be told in another story, have been on hand to give me a great welcome.

Another Operation Solomon?

Now, for some of the fascinating things I have learned since starting the program, under the stewardship of so many great teachers.

For many years I have found myself playing the role of strategist and spokesman for the Igbos who are returning or reverting to Judaism, which the Igbos associate with our traditional culture “ome na ana”, which is pronounced Omenana.

For many years a dialogue has been going on between the Igbo people and the Jewish people. Dr. Daniel Lis discovered letters written nearly or over two hundred years ago by European Jewish rabbis addressed to the Igbos. Recently I came across information that is startling in a way: over one hundred and thirty years ago, a descendant of Igbos named Edward Wilmot Blyden had publicly supported the effort for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the land of Israel.

Many Jews, such as Rabbi Howard Gorin, who was at one time a chief rabbi of a section of Igbo Jewry; Dr. Jack Zeller, who founded Kulanu Inc’; Daniel Limor, who works with Shavei Israel; Daniel Lis, who wrote a history of the Igbos; Rabbi Capers Funnye, Chief Rabbi of a section of Black Jews; Harriet Bograd, current president of Kulanu; Jeff Lieberman, who made a good film about Igbo-Jewry; Irene Orleansky, who recorded the synagogue music of the Igbo-Jews; and many too numerous to mention have participated in this ongoing dialogue. Some Igbos such as Distinguished Professor Eleazer Alaezi, anthropologist Moore Black Chi Mmadike and thousands more have participated in the talks.

This dialogue has reached some important quarters in Israel, such as the courts, offices of important religious and administrative officials where some important people acting very likely not with malevolent intentions, but relying on information that is not based on facts took decisions that have been hurtful to some of those participating in the dialogue and impeded progress.

There have been human ties too, ties that transcended synagogue-to-synagogue ties. Prior to the Biafran tragedy, Dr. Michael Okpara, the second most important Igbo political leader, described himself as ‘almost an Israelite’ and said that he would be going to Israel all the time. This was in an era when some non-Igbo Nigerians had laws that barred Israelis from visiting some Nigerian cities.

I would like to think that my visit and stay in America will provide opportunities for increase in the tempo of the dialogue, and will also provide grounds for the strengthening of the ties that have become frayed due to lack of nourishment, because American Jewry has a major voice in Jewish matters.

Some think that what is happening among the Igbos is a precursor to another Operation Solomon, and that my movement will oil the wheels. I say, yes, a rescue seems to be on the way, a rescue that may not involve boots on the ground, air-planes landing and taking off, but that may herald a sweeping spreading of Torah - but we’ll wait and see!

Remy Ilona, lawyer, author, graduate student and graduate assistant at the Florida International University, Miami, Florida, is an Igbo Jewish leader and activist.[/b]
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199864#.VqIvsVLXet8

HiddenShadow:



Tell me the origin of the fair skin Igbo people

#Rape
#CivilWar

#ChadianMercenaries
#EgyptianMercenaries
#Sweepers

Ada Meaning: Ibo of Nigeria name for firstborn females



The name also traces to Hebrew origin, sometimes spelt Adah -, meaning "adornment".

So, where is the connection between firstborn females and adornment?


Obviously, there's ZERO connection so stop the attache by force rubbish abeg..

The name Ada is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Ada is: Nobility.


French are definitely ibo too...

The name Ada is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Ada is: Sweet or pleasant; of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble.

Germans are definitely Ib too..

BeClever:


Pain is not good for your health..

Okay, I apologize..

I won't like to be held responsible if anything happens to you.

una want to give me apatation.... ..

you are the choosen ones...why do you think you are better than us in many things....??..

the question now isss...: do you want to be a blessing or a curse??...

we can bless ourselfs through you or curse ourselfs....the choice is up to you...

we already cursed ourselfs ones,by attacking you in the civil-war..please,dont allow us curse ourselfs again....

HiddenShadow:
Only silly people doubt the Igbo Israeli connection
If a person studies the fair skin Igbos, he will realise that Igbos are not truly Negros.

Gbam. I have been saying this through my other account New2020 that Igbos are alien to typical black Negro in Africa. If you study them properly, you will realize that this people behave and look nothing close to mainstream blacks. Igbos are hebrew that left jewish land to settle in Africa; overtime they intermarried with the blacks. I once met a jewish white man named Ike...yes Ike. We are best of friends today when he found out that my Igbo friend's name is also Ike. He couldn't believe it nor did my friend believe it...same spelling and pronunciation. Again Igbos are blacks but not Negros. Below is what US government said...declassified information.

"Igbos are wandering Jews of West Africa - gifted, aggressive, westernized, and at best, envied and resented, but mostly despised by their neighbors in the Federation---" (a White House Memo on Biafra January 28, 1969 to President Nixon by Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger) (Source : U.S Foreign Relations Documents Volume 5 , 1969)

Dr. Thomas Sowell, renowned American philosopher in one of his books recognized four highly gifted races/ethnicities across the world: The Jews, Germans, Chinese and Igbos.

If only Igbos know who they are, some of them will go mad in anger. There has been a deliberate attempt to obfuscate their true identity and hold them down, they succeeded with former but not the latter, which has them wondering...there is a power behind them.


If you are Igbo, take some time and watch the video below. Focus on the aforementioned in bold by the US government...Igbos are the wandering Jews of West Africa. Remember, the US government didn't and never said...Yorubas, Hausas or Blacks are the wandering Jews of West Africa. It specifically says..."Igbos are the wandering Jews of West Africa "


Igbo are Hebrews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71HhAeV7cUk

loopman:


#Rape
#CivilWar

#ChadianMercenaries
#EgyptianMercenaries
#Sweepers

Absolute thrash.

HiddenShadow:
Only silly people doubt the Igbo Israeli connection
If a person studies the fair skin Igbos, he will realise that Igbos are not truly Negros.

oh my days!never heard such folly

tsdarkside:


una want to give me apatation.... ..

you are the choosen ones...why do you think you are better than us in many things....??..

the question now isss...: do you want to be a blessing or a curse??...

we can bless ourselfs through you or curse ourselfs....the choice is up to you...

we already cursed ourselfs ones,by attacking you in the civil-war..please,dont allow us curse ourselfs again....

So you want to kill me, for what?

Are you this pained, please cry it help relieve you of sadness.

Sadness can cause you to get sick in the long-run.

HiddenShadow:
Only silly people doubt the Igbo Israeli connection
If a person studies the fair skin Igbos, he will realise that Igbos are not truly Negros.

are yorubas not isrealites too...even d hebrew themselves say so.

LastMumu:
I remember once reading on CNN that Adele's ancestry could be traced to Ogbomosho.

Turns out I was mightily high on dry weeds that evening.

Don't mind them op don smoke bf opening thread.

Relic2020:


Another yoruba loser...stay off Igbo people. Go away...leave Igbo alone for God sake...this is a disease.

Yesterday na to do endless atache with Niger Delta, today na to attache by any means necessary to Israel, who you go attache to tomorrow? Martians on Mars?..

Relic2020:


Gbam. I have been saying this through my other account New2020 that Igbos are alien to typical black Negro in Africa. If you study them properly, you will realize that this people behave and look nothing close to mainstream blacks. Igbos are hebrew that left jewish land to settle in Africa; overtime they intermarried with the blacks. I once met a jewish white man named Ike...yes Ike. We are best of friends today when he found out that my Igbo friend's name is also Ike. He couldn't believe it nor did my friend believe it...same spelling and pronunciation. Again Igbos are blacks but not Negros. Below is what US government said...declassified information.

"Igbos are wandering Jews of West Africa - gifted, aggressive, westernized, and at best, envied and resented, but mostly despised by their neighbors in the Federation---" (a White House Memo on Biafra January 28, 1969 to President Nixon by Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger) (Source : U.S Foreign Relations Documents Volume 5 , 1969)

Dr. Thomas Sowell, renowned American philosopher in one of his books recognized four highly gifted races/ethnicities across the world: The Jews, Germans, Chinese and Igbos.

If only Igbos know who they are, some of them will go mad in anger. There has been a deliberate attempt to obfuscate their true identity and hold them down, they succeeded with former but not the latter, which has them wondering...there is a power behind them.


If you are Igbo, take some time and watch the video below. Focus on the aforementioned in bold by the US government...Igbos are the wandering Jews of West Africa. Remember, the US government didn't and never said...Yorubas, Hausas or Blacks are the wandering Jews of West Africa. It specifically says..."Igbos are the wandering Jews of West Africa "


Igbo are Hebrews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71HhAeV7cUk

This was how you people attached urselves to the yorubas to dignify una selves today, you stole their language, culture e.t.c now is d turn of isrealites abi?..u maginalized inferior people sha.

Drchristian:

are yorubas not isrealites too...even d hebrew themselves say so.

Israelites are not ugly...so yoruba can't and can never be Israelites. Only 0.000001% of yorubas are light skinned and they are typically the mixed ones. Over 60% of Igbos are light skinned, have nice hair...go figure out why

Ugonnax:


Israelites are not ugly...so yoruba can't and can never be Israelites. Only 0.000001% of yorubas are light skinned and they are typically the mixed ones. Over 60% of Igbos are light skinned, have nice hair...go figure out why

60% of ibos light skinned...Nice hair....you people are truly delusional...

Ugonnax:


Israelites are not ugly...so yoruba can't and can never be Israelites. Only 90% of yorubas are light skinned and they are typically the mixed ones. Over 0% of Igbos are light skinned, have nice hair...go figure out why

ibo are more ugly and dirty than yoruba now..how many yorubas and hausa will u see in d east? come to d west u will find diverse ethnic groups.

90% yorubas are white and fair in complexion go to Brazil, isreal, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti e.t.c then you will know what's up

reason you people are maginalized and isolated up in that area is bcus of ur ugliness and dirtyness.

arresa:



Yesterday na to do endless atache with Niger Delta, today na to attache by any means necessary to Israel, who you go attache to tomorrow? Martians on Mars?..

Don't mind him, have been in Nigeria 4 a long time, I'm yet to see his so-called fair-skined igbo ever before.

Drchristian:

ibo are more ugly and dirty than yoruba now..how many yorubas and hausa will u see in d east? come to d west u will find diverse ethnic groups.

90% yorubas are white and fair in complexion go to Brazil, isreal, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti e.t.c then you will know what's up

reason you people are maginalized and isolated up in that area is bcus of ur ugliness and dirtyness.

Lol...you have a sense of humor. Typically when I come across an ugly black person 9 out of 10, they are yoruba. Why is that?

Ugonnax:


Lol...you have a sense of humor. Typically when I come across an ugly black person 9 out of 10, they are yoruba. Why is that?

They are not yorubas, but igbos are d ones u saw cuz igbos has invaded d west totally now. black is beautiful. .u igbo people that hates the fact that u r black then gather una self go lagoon na.
yorubas look better than igbo that's why their men are getting all d ladies in Nigeria leaving you igbo men with black igbo ladies

Hahahaha, I just lost brain cells after reading this post...ppl can very funny tho

Adminisher:
Ada is not an Ibo name. The inventor of the first computer named it Ada. It is even a computer programming langiage.

likewise tunde not being a Yoruba name but named after a dump site in greece

Lots of Canadians bear Ada both as first and last name. It's a special name

Tell Lt. Ada Ibos Jews of Eastern Nigeria are suffering from Holocaust, Yoloba and Awusa are throwing them in Lagoon and cutting their throat , her rescue commandos are urgently needed.

Even some Chinese bear the name Ada,they pronounced it Eida and spell Ada in( Cantonese