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WHITNEY HOUSTON'S IN ISRAEL: Singer journeys there for 'inspiration.'

Inquiring minds want to know why Whitney Houston is in Israel. Well, inquiring minds here's your answer. According to her spokeswoman and sister-in-law, Patricia Houston, Whit is there looking for inspiration for her upcoming Christmas album among other things.

While in Israel, she's 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 one of the lost tribes of Israelites. If you're not familiar with the group, their religious customs include a vegan diet and polygamy.

Houston, who arrived on Sunday with Bobby Brown, their daughter and relatives, spent her first day at the organization's compound in the desert town of Dimona, receiving massages, relaxing, and meeting with the Black Hebrews, who call each other saints.

"She is loving it," said Patricia Houston. "She is a spiritual woman and wanted to come here and touch the land and be around the saints of Dimona."
 

NEWSFILE: 27 MAY 2003