{"id":21191,"date":"2022-12-29T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=21191"},"modified":"2022-12-29T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:04:57","slug":"2022-kulanu-impact-stories-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/2022-kulanu-impact-stories-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Kulanu Impact Stories &#8211; Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21192 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20.jpg 937w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dear Friends,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>As 2022 comes to a close, we are reflecting on Kulanu\u2019s support for global Jewish communities over the past year, and showing how\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/donate\/\"><strong>your donations transform Jewish lives<\/strong><\/a>. Today, we want to share developments from Guatemala&#8217;s young, Reform-affiliated\u00a0Adat Israel\u00a0community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Adat Israel is soon to gain their first home-grown rabbi in Rebeca Orantes. Still in her mid-20s, she has already served a successful term as President of the community, attended BCI (a trip sponsored by Kulanu,) participated in a major URJ leadership seminar, and is midway through her rabbinical studies at HUC (also supported by Kulanu.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"955\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20.png 955w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-20-768x284.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Rebeca says:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;Kulanu has been a key part in Adat Israel&#8217;s Jewish education. The lack of a constant Rabbinic presence here has been unnoticeable thanks to visits of rabbis and student Rabbis sponsored by Kulanu.\u00a0<strong>We owe part of our community&#8217;s formation and ongoing success to Kulanu&#8217;s\u00a0generosity.&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21.jpg 1198w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21-768x347.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Kulanu has assisted with a number of projects in Guatemala, many of them in collaboration with Adat Israel, and others in emerging orthodox and Crypto-Jewish communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Kulanu has helped to provide a <strong>sefer Torah<\/strong>, ritual objects, Humashim, Hebrew language learning materials, and other Jewish texts. Kulanu has also arranged for <strong>visitors<\/strong>, including rabbis and rabbinical students, to visit, <strong>teach<\/strong>, and lead services, and offered online courses to the community. Kulanu further assisted with <strong>building the synagogue<\/strong>, providing food relief during COVID-19, sending matzah for Pesah, supporting a film project, and aiding with conversions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/donate\/\"><strong>donations<\/strong><\/a> help Kulanu\u2019s partner communities to flourish &#8211; just like Adat Israel. \u00a0Our partner communities truly enrich the Jewish world.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/donate\/\">donate online now<\/a> to secure Kulanu\u2019s future!<\/strong> Your contributions alone allow us to continue our mission of supporting isolated, emerging, and returning Jewish communities around the globe.<\/p>\n<p><em>With warm regards from &#8220;all of us&#8221; at Kulanu.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PS &#8211; If you have already given, thank you! 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