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  • Campaign posters at Gershom Sizomu’s mother’s home in Nangolo village, Uganda, February 2011.
    Campaign posters at Gershom Sizomu’s mother’s home in Nangolo village, Uganda, February 2011.
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    Election

    The Abayudaya, a small Ugandan Jewish community, survived Idi Amin’s persecution and then reconnected with the wider Jewish world, as they had done a century before. Part 2 of 2.

    byMatthew Fishbane
  • Rabbi Gershom Sizomu campaigns in Bungokho North district, Uganda, February 2011.
    Rabbi Gershom Sizomu campaigns in Bungokho North district, Uganda, February 2011.
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    The Abayudaya of Uganda have been Jewish since a colonial-era chieftain decided to follow the five books of Moses. A century later, a descendant of those African Jews became a rabbi and ran for parliament. Part 1 of 2.

    byMatthew Fishbane
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