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"Rabbi on the Block" follows Tamar Manasseh of Chicago as she strives to break yet another set of barriers this time within her own Hebrew Israelite community.
Opinion: Hebrew Israelites and Jews are not members of the same religion, as even those whose rituals mirror normative Jewish ones, are not Jews according to halacha, however, no racial barriers should block such individuals from joining the Jewish community and covenant
Some Hebrew Israelites have attributed their exclusion from normative Jewish spaces to racism. This undercuts the legitimate concerns and needs of Jews of color.