Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation

{{Short description|Black Hebrew Israelite synagogue in Chicago}}

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| location = 6601 South Kedzie Avenue, Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois 60629

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| founded_by = Rabbi Horace Hasan

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Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, more commonly known as Beth Shalom B'Nai Zaken EHC, or simply Beth Shalom, abbreviated as BSBZ EHC, is a Black Hebrew Israelite{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Kestenbaum |title=With new chief rabbi, black Hebrew-Israelites make bid to enter the Jewish mainstream |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/10/30/with-new-chief-rabbi-black-hebrew-israelites-bid-to-enter-the-jewish-mainstream/?outputType=amp |work=Haaretz|date=2015-10-15|accessdate=2020-01-22}}{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Sokol |title=Black Hebrew Israelite Leader Condemns Jersey City Shooting |url=https://www.haaretz.com/amp/us-news/black-hebrew-israelite-leader-condemns-jersey-city-shooting-1.8285808 |work=Haaretz |date=2019-12-17 |accessdate=2020-01-22}}{{cite news |first=Robin |last=Washington |title=Who Black Hebrew Israelites Are—And Who They Are Not |website=My Jewish Learning |url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/jewish-and/who-black-hebrew-israelites-are-and-who-they-are-not/ |date=2019-12-18 |accessdate=2020-01-22}} congregation and synagogue, located at 6601 South Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The congregation is led by rabbi Capers Funnye; and assistant rabbis are Avraham Ben Israel and Joshua V. Salter.{{cite news |title=Divine Law or Sexism? |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11918123 |publisher=NPR |date=2007-07-12 |accessdate=2009-04-05}} Beth Shalom is affiliated with the International Israelite Board of Rabbis.{{cite web |url=http://www.blackjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Synagogue-Directory.pdf |title=Visit Our Synagogues |publisher=International Israelite Board of Rabbis |accessdate=2022-04-22}}

== History ==

The congregation was started by Rabbi Horace Hasan from Bombay, India, in 1918 as the Ethiopian Hebrew Settlement Workers Association,Koppel, Niko (2008-03-16). [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/us/16rabbi.html "Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith"]. The New York Times. and was influenced by Wentworth Arthur Matthew's Commandment Keepers.

In 2021, Tamar Manasseh became the first woman ordained as a rabbi at the synagogue.{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/news/524186/tamar-manasseh-jane-collective-heather-booth-abortion/|title=With Roe's demise, a Chicago rabbi revives a clandestine abortion network|first=Adam|last=Kovac|date=November 8, 2022|website=The Forward}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackjews.org/mazal-tov-rabbi-tamar-manasseh/|title=Mazal Tov Rabbi Tamar Manasseh|date=July 29, 2021}}