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The '''Alliance of Black Jews''' was an American organization that was started in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], in 1995 by a group of [[African American]]s who self-identified as [[Jew]]s and [[Black Hebrews]]. At the time, they claimed to have estimated that there were about 200,000 black Jews in the United States. The figure, which included [[Black Hebrew Israelite]]s (not recognized as Jews by [[Judaism#Jewish religious movements|mainstream Judaism]]), as well as [[Reform Judaism|Reform]], [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] and [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] [[African-American Jews]] by birth or [[Conversion to Judaism|conversion]], was based in part on the 1990 Jewish Population Study, which gave figures ranging from 135,000 to 260,000, depending on the [[Who is a Jew?|definition of a Jew]].

The individuals involved in forming the organization included [[Robin Washington]], Michelle Stein-Evers, and [[Rabbi]] [[Capers Funnye|Capers C. Funnye Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ortamerica.org/site/DocServer/Summer_1995.pdf?docID=921 |title=Black Jews: Changing the Face of American Jewry |accessdate=2008-03-16 |author=Miriam Rinn |date=Summer 1995 |format=PDF |work=The Reporter |publisher=[[World ORT|Women's American ORT]] |pages=11–13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725131217/http://www.ortamerica.org/site/DocServer/Summer_1995.pdf?docID=921 |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}</ref>

The organization is no longer operational.

==See also==
*[[American Jews]]
*[[Black Hebrew Israelites]]
*[[Jewish anti-racism]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite news |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/8029/organization-for-black-jews-claims-200-000-in-u-s/ |title=Organization for black Jews claims 200,000 in U.S. |accessdate=2010-10-11 |author=Michael Gelbwasser |date=April 10, 1998 |work=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.ortamerica.org/site/DocServer/Summer_1995.pdf?docID=921 |title=Black Jews: Changing the Face of American Jewry |accessdate=2008-03-16 |author=Miriam Rinn |date=Summer 1995 |format=PDF |work=The Reporter |publisher=[[World ORT|Women's American ORT]] |pages=11–13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725131217/http://www.ortamerica.org/site/DocServer/Summer_1995.pdf?docID=921 |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}

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