Whitney visits 'lost tribe of Israelites'

28/05/2003 - 11:50:17
Whitney Houston has gone to Israel to seek inspiration for her upcoming Christmas album.

The superstar singer is staying with the Black Hebrews, a group of nearly 2,000 black Americans who followed a Chicago bus driver to Israel decades ago and believe they are descendants of the lost tribes of Israelites, reports Associated Press.

Their religious customs include a vegan diet and polygamy.

“She is loving it,” said Patricia Houston, the singer’s spokeswoman and sister-in-law.

“She is a spiritual woman and wanted to come here and touch the land and be around the saints of Dimona.”