{"id":1869,"date":"2009-06-13T12:13:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2019-04-08T11:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:01:26","slug":"3-ugandan-teens-learn-leadership-skills-on-l-a-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/3-ugandan-teens-learn-leadership-skills-on-l-a-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ugandan Teens Learn Leadership Skills on L.A. 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Last year, after Sizomu was ordained as a Conservative rabbi, the family returned to the Jewish community in Uganda known as the Abayudaya or Sons of Judah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/community\/article\/3_ugandan_teens_learn_leadership_skills_on_la_trip_20090610\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Jewish Journal, June 10,\u00a0http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/community\/article\/3_ugandan_teens_learn_leadership_skills_on_la_trip_20090610\/ Igaal Sizomu was clearly ecstatic, laughing with a group of friends from Shomrei Torah <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Ugandan Teens Learn Leadership Skills on L.A. 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