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Uganda

From the cover of "The Very Best Sukkah"
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Book takes Jewish children to ‘The Very Best Sukkah’ — in Uganda

Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder by Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder and Forward October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

Shoshana Nambi is a rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. A native of Eastern Uganda, she grew up in the small but powerful Abayudaya […]

Women and children carry Torah scrolls from an old synagogue building to a new building in Nabagoye, Uganda. (Photo/Courtesy Be’chol Lashon)
Posted inNews

‘Who gets to define Judaism?’ Israel rejects Ugandan Jew’s application for citizenship again

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 16, 2021December 16, 2021
Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, member of the Ugandan parliament and first ordained rabbi of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda, in Marin, August 2018 (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inBay Area, World, News

In Marin, Uganda’s chief rabbi lays out big plans — including a run for president

by Sue Fishkoff August 31, 2018September 4, 2018

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