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    Ugandan Rabbi Loses Petition Over Votes

    Gershom Sizomu is vanquished, but undefeated

    byMatthew Fishbane
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    Quite A Six Months We’ve Had!

    That was the half-year that was, on The Scroll

    byMarc Tracy
  • Yosef Njogu, Avraham Ndungu, and other Gathundia Jews in front of their beit midrash and synagogue.
    Yosef Njogu, Avraham Ndungu, and other Gathundia Jews in front of their beit midrash and synagogue.
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    Kenyan Branch

    In a Kenyan village 100 miles north of Nairobi, a small group of homesteaders and subsistence farmers have adopted Judaism as their faith

    byJacob Silverman
  • 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
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    Rabbi, Run

    Gershom Sizomu, the first African-born black rabbi in Uganda, ran for his country’s parliament, trying to win support from outside the tiny, century-old Ugandan Jewish community he leads. A photo diary.

    byTablet Magazine
  • 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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    Election

    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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    Rabbi Sizomu Loses Election, Alleges Rigging

    Dispatch from Uganda

    byMatthew Fishbane
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    Rabbi Sizomu Votes For Himself

    A dispatch from Uganda

    byMatthew Fishbane
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    The Rabbi Runs for Parliament

    Dispatch from Uganda

    byMatthew Fishbane
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