Many African have rejected the Christianity they associate with slaveowners in favor of religions with more distinctively black identities. Beginning in the early 19th century some Africans became regular worshipers at local synagogues. To this day, and in growing numbers, there are Black members of predominantly white Jewish congregations.
A second source of Black Judaism was the West Indies, where some blacks converted to Judaism under the influence of Jewish plantation owners. In the late 19th century, some of these Jamaican Jews migrated to the Canada and US and became the source for the first all-Black synagogues.

Judaism, as many of us understand and practice it, is not a race. If it were, then no one could join it or leave it without being genetically altered. Judaism is a creed, a living culture with an ancient history. Those who practice it belong to communities that often have unique traditions. Sadly, some of the more influential communities attempt to exercise hegemony over the others. Black Jews generally reject the presumptive authority of such groups-though they accept many of their traditions and interpretations on other matters. Because of this, Black Jews exist on the margins of Jewish society though well within the pale of principled disagreement.

Rather than inventing an arbitrary definition or imposing a contested definition of Judaism onto the Black Jewish people, I have chosen instead to discuss those groups who describe themselves as Jews, Hebrews, or Israelites. In this regard, I have found that a variety of interesting, complex issues, and still evolving notions of Judaism exist. It is my goal to seek truth although the "original Jews" were black people, white Jews had kept and preserved Judaism over the centuries. Since we, black Jews, were "returning" to Judaism, it was necessary for us to look to white Jews on certain matters-particularly on post-biblical and rabbinic holidays such as Hanukkah, which could not be found in the TORAH! I hope I have not offend anyone it is not my intention.

Thats a really good point, Judaism is not a race, but a creed. The only problem is so many Jews are not willing to accept people that are not of Jewish ethnic origin into their circles because they are not ethnically Jewish. I think one of the major sources of this problem is Jewish verbal law, Halaha. Accoding to Halaha, you are Jewish only if your Mother and your Grandmother were Jewish.

So here i am - i have 2 Jewish Granddads (so called "Halaha Jewish"), but I am "officially" goi.

Being Jewish is a way of life!

PS, just look at me at the picture, i have a long big nose and black hair!

I am far from being Jew, actually I am catholic , but I do know that the Jews hold a big place on this planet, we all do wether we are jehovahs or muslim or....anything!
 
We are all very special in our own way; however, the Jews are specialists on this planet in a way that should be obvious if you look at all of Human history...

The fact that no other group has the attributes of a "race" without being one (according to anthropologists), it makes them more special and different...don`t ya think?

The good news is that any group like this (and it's the only one!) has individuals who really "know how things work" on the planet. This is why they're so good at what they do, and are the earth's shopkeepers, artists, and musicians . You can look around you and see this all over the planet. It's not a coincidence... 

You may have your own ideas, but truth is stranger than anything you can conceive, for it goes right back to the core of the "Akashic Record", and what happens to entities who incarnate so often within the same family structures...

  "As go the Jews, so goes the world" is a correct statement and you shouldn't envy this position, for it carries with it such seeds of responsibility that the load is heavier for them.

nothing special about Jews at all. Just like any other people.

We are all very special in our own little ways and differences, don`t ya think?