History of The Jews in The African Diaspora - North America

North America

The American Jewish community includes African-American Jews and other Jews of African descent. Black Jews belong to each of the major American Jewish denominations — Orthodox, Conservative, Reform — and to the smaller movements as well. Like their white Jewish counterparts, there are also Black Jewish secularists and Black ethnic Jews who may rarely or never take part in religious practices.

Estimates of the number of Black Jews in the United States range from 20,000 to 200,000.