But will Uganda’s Abayudaya Jews, most of whom converted before 2009, be able to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return?

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A new documentary asks why Israel has overlooked the other Jews who died alongside Yoni Netanyahu

The Polish long-form master and Kapuscinski heir talks about children in war and the fate of journalism

Socalled, Ugandans, and klezmer at North America’s largest gathering of Jewish and Yiddish culture

Gershom Sizomu is vanquished, but undefeated

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.

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.

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.

Dispatch from Uganda

A dispatch from Uganda

Dispatch from Uganda

The convert’s inconvenient zeal, and more

How an American saxophonist came to cut a record with a group of Ugandan Jews

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