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Our work often finds its way into newspapers and magazines. We love sharing these articles on social media \u2013 you can find us on\u00a0facebook<\/a>,\u00a0instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0twitter<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 and you can find this coverage below too.<\/p>\n

\"\" Sub-Saharan Jews Light the Way<\/a><\/p>\n

By Rabbi Gerald Sussman<\/a>
\ntimesofisrael.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members of SAJA celebrate Chanuka with Rabbi Gerald and Rabbanit Bonita Sussman<\/p>\n

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\"\"Harriet Bograd, Champion of Jews in Africa, Dies at 79<\/a><\/p>\n

By Joseph Berger<\/a>
\nnytimes.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harriet Bograd in 2011 at a Jewish-themed primary school in Uganda that is open to Christians and Muslims. She was for many years the president of Kulanu, an organization that supports Jewish communities in places where even most American Jews don\u2019t realize there are Jews. – Credit…Barbara Vinick, via Kulanu<\/p>\n

\"\" Nigerian SAJA representative tasks community on political participation<\/a><\/p>\n

By Francis Kadiri<\/a>
\ntruthng.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ohr Torah Synagogue, Nigeria (Courtesy Kulanu, Inc)<\/p>\n

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\"\"Rabbis, teachers, survivors: 18 Jews whose deaths diminished our communities in 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

BY PHILISSA CRAMER<\/a>
\njta.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harriet Bograd, center, her husband Ken Klein, left, and daughter Margie on a visit to the Sefwi Wiawso Jewish community in Ghana in an undated photo. (Courtesy Kulanu, Inc)<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sub-Saharan African Jewish Alliance formed in the aftermath of Kulanu conference<\/a><\/p>\n

BY Avi Kumar<\/a>
\nJNS.org<\/strong>
\nParticipants at the Kulanu gathering in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, earlier this month. Credit: Serge Etele.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sub-Saharan Jewish communities meet in Abidjan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Representatives of Sub-Saharan Jewish communities meet in Abidjan \u00a0– \u00a0Copyright \u00a9 africanews 2022<\/div>\n

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Falling in love with Judaism<\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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BY RABBI GERALD SUSSMAN<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
timesofisrael.com<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Serge Etele and community greeting us in airport. (courtesy), December 22, 2022.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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African Jewish communities get some mainstream recognition after years on the margins<\/a><\/p>\n

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BY JOSEFIN DOLSTEN<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
JTA.ORG<\/strong><\/div>\n

Rabbi Capers Funnye, left, and Martha Leah Williams, at the Jewish Africa Conference in New York, Jan. 29, 2019. (Josefin Dolsten)<\/p>\n

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\"\"This woman is studying to be the first female rabbi from Uganda<\/a>
\nJosefin Dolsten (2018)
\nJTA.ORG<\/strong>
\nShoshanna Nambi, Kulanu’s dear friend from Uganda, is off to rabbinical school!<\/p>\n

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The isolated Jews of rural Kenya: Starting from aleph with a lulav and etrog<\/a><\/p>\n

Melanie Lidman (2015)<\/p>\n

The isolated Jews of rural Kenya: Starting from aleph with a lulav and etrog
\nA tiny, fledgling community in the heart of Africa forges its own Jewish identity with a little help from friends<\/p>\n

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Zimbabwe\u2019s Lemba build first synagogue, but struggle to keep the faithful<\/a>
\nKatya Cengel (2015)
\nAMERICA.ALJAZEERA.COM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zimbabwe’s Lemba build first synagogue, but struggle to keep the faithful
\nSome Lemba, Africans who adhere to Jewish beliefs, have newly embraced the religion after testing proved Semitic origin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joining Fabric of World Jewish Community,\u2019 100 Convert on African Island of Madagascar<\/a>
\nSam Kestenbaum (2016)
\nFORWARD.COM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Joining Fabric of World Jewish Community,\u2019 100 Convert on African Island of Madagascar
\nMore than 100 men and women converted to Judaism in Madagascar this month, a historic first for the large island nation off the southeast coast of Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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African \u2018Lost Tribe\u2019 Debates DNA Testing For Jewish Roots<\/a>
\nSam Kestenbaum (2017)
\nFORWARD.COM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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African \u2018Lost Tribe\u2019 Debates DNA Testing For Jewish Roots
\nA new genetic test to determine whether the Igbo have \u201cJewish genes\u201d has opened up fierce debates.<\/p>\n

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114 people just converted to Judaism in Nicaragua<\/a>
\nJosefin Dolsten (2017)
\nJTA.ORG<\/strong><\/p>\n

114 people just converted to Judaism in Nicaragua<\/a>
\n(JTA) \u2014 Over the course of just a few days, the tiny Jewish community in Nicaragua more than doubled when 114 people converted to Judaism. Last month, community members answered questions before a beit din, or religious court, of three\u2026<\/p>\n

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A Chorus of Mazel Tovs in Uganda<\/a>
\nMerissa Nathan Gerson (2017)<\/p>\n

A Chorus of Mazel Tovs in Uganda<\/a>
\nNYTIMES.COM<\/strong><\/p>\n

About 1,500 people, including politicians, family and friends, traveled from throughout Uganda to attend the celebration of five Jewish couples.<\/p>\n

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The islands will rejoice<\/a><\/p>\n

By\u00a0<\/span>Nili Salem B\u2019Simcha (2018)<\/div>\n
JPOST.COM<\/strong><\/div>\n

Psalm 96 comes alive for the writer, who recounts her joyous journey on \u2018Shlihut\u2019 in Papua.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re All Igbo<\/a>
\nAri Z. Zivotofsky and Ari Greenspan (2017)
\nHALACHICADVENTURE.COM<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROYAL WELCOME: The local Igbo king, flanked by Gadi Bently, Dani Limor and us, traces his lineage to Yaakov Avinu and wears a Magen David around his neck as he sits on his lion-skin throne (top); one of about 60 \u201csynagogues\u201d in the region \u2014 some of them are mere huts in a field<\/p>\n

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