Brit-Am

"Brit-Am. Ten Tribes of Israel", is a Jerusalem-based organization founded in 1993 which proposes a pro-Jewish pro-Zionist version of British Israelism. The group asserts that the biblical phrase "Brit-Am" means "Confederation of People(s)", implying Israel, and is close to both "Britain" and a contraction of "Britain-America". Membership comprises Jews and non-Jews. Brit-Am produces elaborate arguments concerning the fate of the lost tribes of Israel, arguing that they entered Western Europe. It publishes a website and magazines.
Brit-Am describes its aims as follows:
:Brit-Am traces the Lost Ten Tribes to Western Nations. The evidence that Brit-Am relies upon is :Biblical in the light of Rabbinical Commentaries supplemented by secular studies.
:Brit-Am avoids the discussion of religious differences between Judah (the present-day Jews) and the Lost Ten Tribes represented by "Joseph".
:Brit-Am has three main aims:
:Research -finding where the Lost Ten Tribes went to.
:Recognition -Bringing the Results of our Research to Public Attention.
:Reconciliation - Working towards the eventual re-unification of Joseph and Judah.
:Brit-Am is occupied with studying the Ten Lost Tribes and everything about them.
:Sources for Brit-Am Findings include:
:Bible Commentaries: Nachmanides and Rashi on the Ten Tribes being in the west; The Five Books of :Moses and Promised Blessings; Brit-Am Commentaries on the Prophets, Psalms, and other Biblical Books; Bible Codes confirm Israelite Tribal identity; Biblical History and Archaeology.
:Biblical Physical Anthropology, Ancient Hebrew Racial Types, Egyptian, Phoenician, and Israelite illustration of Ancient Israelites and Neighboring Peoples.
:Khazars: The Israelite Ancestry and Western Relationships of the Khazars.
Books that Brit-Am has published and that give more information concerning the aims and purposes of the organization include:
"The Tribes" (1993)
This work identified specific ethnic entities and peoples with Israelite Tribes and Tribal clans.
Proofs adduced in "The Tribes" consisted of hard evidence combined with an analysis of name similarities. National peculiarities were compared with recorded Israelite Tribal characteristics. The principle of statistical probability was employed relying on the fact that a very great number of direct correspondences cannot be all due to mere chance.
"Ephraim" (1995). Jewish sources as well as Arab-Jewish legends place the Lost Tribes in Britain.
"Lost Israelite Identity. The Hebrew Ancestry of Celtic Races" (1996) is an historical work.
It analyzes the Ancient Hebrews in Egypt (where they were known as "Hycsos")
and in the Land of Israel. The Ten Tribes seceded and were later exiled. They became associated with the Cimmerians and Scythians.
These nations in turn gave rise to Western national groupings one of which became the "Celts". Part of the Celts were of Hebrew origin.
"Joseph. The Israelite Destiny of America"
was first published in 2001 (2nd edition 2004);
This work concentrated on showing the Israelite characteristics of the American Nation and its
association with the Tribes of Manasseh.
"Biblical Truth. The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel in the West according to the Book of Genesis"
(2002):
Analyzes the Blessings to the Patriarchs and to the Tribal Ancestors and shows how the Promises have been fulfilled in Western nations especially the British and North Americans.
"Origin. You too are from Israel. You too are the People"
(2002)).:
This book gives an historical summary of Israelite migrations to the west alongside an analysis of the Biblical Prophets and what they said concerning the Lost Tribes of Israel. An adaptation of this work was published in Hebrew under the title "Achim Acharim" ("The Other Brothers") in 2004.
"Role to Rule. The Task of Joseph" 2007). The Lost Tribes had a duty as well as the promise of blessings.
The one was contingent on the other and both were even necessary for the fulfillment of the other. This work analyzes what the duty of "Joseph" was meant to be and to what degree the Tribes of Joseph have fulfilled the role the Bible charged them with.
"The Khazars. Tribe 13" (2008). The Khazars were a people related to the Angles and Saxons and their kin-folk. They converted to Judaism and became quite powerful. Evidence proving their Israelite origins is important in its own right and necessarily also proves the Hebrew ancestry of kindred peoples.

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