Black leaders journey from their hip-hop home to the Holy Land — and find common ground

“The perception of Israel is that it’s an apartheid state oppressing people of color,” Bishop Michael Fisher of the Greater Zion Church Family in Compton bluntly told The Post of the dangerous misconceptions about the Jewish state exacerbated by bad actors on social media. But it was the sheer exhilaration of Sigd, the holiday celebrated by the Ethiopian Jewish community called Beta Israel that reaffirms the commitment to God and the Torah, that cemented the covenant. The proof is in the pudding: Fisher talked of “showing up for one another” at beauty salons and barbershops — “defending the Jewish community defending the black community and stereotypes.” The return on investment is “service and conversation.”

Author: Doree Lewak

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