Resolution
adopted by The City Council
ofthe City of Chicago. Illinois
TRIBUTE TO PRINCE ASIEL BEN ISRAEL
WHEREAS, In His infinite wisdom, almighty God has granted eternal peace to Prince Asiel Ben Israel, an outstanding and remarkable worldwide spiritual leader, on August 21,2022; and
WHEREAS, Prince Asiel started his life's journey in this city on April 30,1941 as Warren Brown who graduated from Dunbar Vocational High School in 1959. He furthered his education at DePaul University in Chicago and focused on international studies at the University of Ghana, in Accra, Ghana, as well as Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda. In addition, he received a doctorate from the School of Interactive Theology at the School of the Prophets Institute, in Dimona, Israel; and
WHEREAS, Warren Brown joined Ben Ammi Ben-Israel's African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem and took the name Prince Asiel Ben Israel. He eventually left America with a charter group of 350 African Americans, (mainly from Chicago) for the Holy Land where they settled primarily in the city of Dimona on the outskirts ofthe Negev Desert. This group that grew to 2,500 adopted Judaism as their principles of living; and
WHEREAS Prince Asiel Ben Israel served as that community's international ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, championing peace and unity in Chicago, Israel, Africa, and throughout the world for more than 50 years. In 1981, Ben Israel and his wife, Yohanna Brown, opened Original Soul Vegetarian, a vegan restaurant on the South Side of Chicago; and
WHEREAS Prince Asiel Ben Israel was president and CEO of Bold Spiritual Initiative, president of Africa Israel Asia, international spokesperson for Straight Talk Economic Roundtable, chairman of First Africa Corporation, a sponsor of the annual Holy Jerusalem Summit Conferences, and a convener of the National Leadership Council of African Americans. Additionally, he has served with Support-a-Child International, Inc., as a board member of th...
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