As Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni celebrated yet another election success in late February—he has been in power for 30 years—Rabbi Gershom Sizomu and his followers in the remote eastern village of ...

MBALE, Uganda (RNS) — A conflict between two brothers over money and religious practice is splitting Uganda's century-old Abayudaya Jewish community. MBALE, Uganda (RNS) — During a recent Shabbat ...

In a world where television, cars, and multiple story buildings are conspicuous in their absence, there is a community of about six hundred people living in a remote area of Eastern Uganda called the ...

There are some 1,500 Jews living in Uganda's Abayudaya villages. How do they maintain their Judaism in such a remote community? We are sitting in services listening to melodies both familiar and ...

(JTA) — Uganda’s 2,000 Jews have long maintained a modest existence. They live in the east of the country in a hilly, rural area that lacks paved roads, consistent electricity and freely running water ...

As Jews around the world celebrate the restarting of the Torah, among them is probably the world’s newest, and unlikeliest, group of Jews. The Abayudaya are converts twice over – once converted to ...

The Abayudaya, only Jewish community in Uganda, are hoping to emigrate to Israel. It’s a move that requires preparation, so some US Jews help them get ready. The video is from France 24, the French ...

During the 2nd weekend/Shabbat of January, Temple Beth Am hosted, for the eighth time, our Kol Tefilla conference, a national cross-denominational shabbaton focused on creative approaches to prayer, ...

A conflict between brothers is threatening to split the Abayudaya, or “the people of Judah,” in Mbale district, Uganda. Supporters of Gershom Sizomu, rabbi of the community of 2,000 people practicing ...