Back Casa d'Israel Catalan House of Israel (Ghana) GPE Gidan Isra'ila (Ghana) Hausa בית ישראל (גאנה) HE Дом Израиля (Гана) Russian İsrail Evi Turkish 以色列之家 (加纳) Chinese
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 400 (est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| 200 in Ghana[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Sefwi, French, English | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sefwi |
The House of Israel is a Jewish community located in southwestern Ghana, in the towns of Sefwi Wiawso and Sefwi Sui. This group of people, of the Sefwi tribe, built a synagogue in 1998. Many of the men and children read English, but no one knows Hebrew.[2][3]
- ^ Shlomo Kasputin, "Ghana's House of Israel, descendents of lost tribes?" Archived 2012-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Tribune, December 2012, accessed 22 May 2013
- ^ "Ghana Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "The lost Jews of Ghana". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2022-04-03.