1967  A group of 30 or so Black Hebrews leave Chicago for Africa, specifically Liberia, the destination for freed American slaves in the 1830's and later.  1969  After 18 disastrous months in the jungle, those who remain push on to Israel. They call themselves Jews and are permitted to enter under the country's Law of Return.  1970-3  Israel cracks down on the Black Hebrews. Members are treated as illegal immigrants and are not allowed to work.  1972  Israel's Chief Rabbinate rules that the Black Hebrews indeed are not Jewish and therefore have no claim under the Law of Return.  1973  In October, the Yom Kippur War between Israel and its Arab neighbors nearly results in the destruction of Israel.  1973-74  A "second wave" of immigrants arrives in the country.  1973-80  Ben-Ammi steps up his rhetoric against Israel. Members renounce their United States citizenship.  1978  Visit by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.  1980  Israel's Parliament establishes a committee to study the Black Hebrews' status.  1981  Black Hebrews move to current home, an abandoned absorption center on the outskirts of Dimona.  1986  Police arrest 50 Black Hebrews in Rehovot packing shed; 37 are deported to America.  1990  Members in Israel were given work permits and limited benefits, including education for their children.  1995  Rock star Stevie Wonder comes to Dimona and gives a live concert.  1999  Controversy erupts over the Eurovision Song Contest, when the official Israeli entry includes two Black Hebrews as part of Eden, a four-man pop band.  2002  Aharon Ben-Yisrael Ellis, the first son born to the Black Hebrews in Israel, is the first member to be killed by an act of terrorism.  2003  Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown visit Dimona and declare upon arriving, "It's home. It's home."  2004  70 young people from the community born in Israel receive draft letters from the Israeli Defense Forces.