israelite descent

Are the American Indians of Israelite descent? What is their background? Find out in this interesting post with excerpts from Gerald Sigal's work. This is Judaism 101! Background Information Close to the end of the first Temple period. In the year 3187 (Jewish Calendar), the Assyrian kings captured the Jewish tribes of Reuven, Gad, and half of Menashe. Incidentally, these tribe lived on the east side of the Jordon River. Shalmanessar, king of Assyria, completed the expulsion of the ten tribes