Houston seeks inspiration

Singer Whitney Houston is in Israel looking for inspiration for her upcoming Christmas album.

Houston arrived Sunday for her stay 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. 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.”

From Associated Press