House of Israel (Ghana)

House of Israel
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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Ghana Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  3. ^ "The lost Jews of Ghana". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2022-04-03.