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The installation of Rabbi Gershom Sizomu has received extensive coverage throughout the U.S. We have loved reading the articles and thought we would provide you with links to some of them:
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\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ugandan Jews\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Hopes Rise With New Chief Rabbi\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nBy Jordan Namerow, The Jewish Daily Forward, July 17, 2008
\nhttp:\/\/www.forward.com\/articles\/13805\/<\/a><\/p>\n

About 250 Africans affirmed their Judaism in conjunction with the installation. Because a rabbi from Milwaukee participated in the batei din, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote before and after the mass ceremonies:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wisconsin rabbi to aid in Ugandans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 conversion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nBy Tom Heinen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 5, 2008
\nhttp:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/index.aspx?id=769262<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rabbi Herber finds Judaism \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthriving\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Uganda group\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nBy Leon Cohen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 24, 2008
\nhttp:\/\/www.jewishchronicle.org\/article.php?article_id=10374<\/a><\/p>\n

The new Pan-African Jewish Alliance, an initiative of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research held its first meeting in Uganda. Their news release:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Historic Day for Black African Jews: First Ever Gathering of African Jewish Communities\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nhttp:\/\/www.mmdnewswire.com\/historic-day-for-black-african-jews-first-ever-gathering-of-african-jewish-communities-3588-2.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Rabbi Brant Rosen from Evanston, IL wrote in his blog about visiting the Abayudaya the week following the installation, and about the recent USAID grant, which was facilitated by Kulanu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coordinator for Uganda, Laura Wetzler:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Harvesting Peace\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nRabbi Brant Rosen, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
\nhttp:\/\/rabbibrant.com\/2008\/07\/21\/harvesting-peace\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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