{"id":21200,"date":"2022-12-29T11:45:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T16:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=21200"},"modified":"2022-12-29T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T16:47:14","slug":"2022-kulanu-impact-stories-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/2022-kulanu-impact-stories-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Kulanu Impact Stories &#8211; Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>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 Tanzania&#8217;s Jewish community &#8211; one of Kulanu&#8217;s most recent partner communities, who joined us in 2019.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Based in Arusha, the\u00a0Bnei Levi\u00a0community is led by Yehudah Amir Kalahane, who is of partial Ethiopian and Yemenite Jewish descent, and his wife Efrat. The community is developing the necessary infrastructure to observe halachah according to orthodox norms.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21.png 511w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-21-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Since 2019, Kulanu has assisted with a number of projects in Tanzania to strengthen the community, funding\u00a0<strong>holiday<\/strong>\u00a0celebrations, a\u00a0<strong>mikveh<\/strong>\u00a0construction project, and\u00a0<strong>internet<\/strong>\u00a0and technology costs, as well as offering speaking opportunities.\u00a0Yehudah says:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>&#8220;Kulanu is the first organization ever to support us<\/strong>, and are also an inspiration for us. Since 2019, they helped us to complete a mikveh building that had run out of funds, sent us a laptop so we can connect with Jews around the world and study more easily, and provided Judaica that is relevant to our specific needs and our standards of observance.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-22.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-22-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-22-768x368.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Board members Lili Kaufmann and Ari Greenspan have offered\u00a0<strong>support and guidance in person<\/strong>. In Yehudah&#8217;s words:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;The most important contribution is the personal connections Kulanu have made for us, especially with [board members] Lili Kaufmann and Ari Greenspan, and other supportive rabbinic figures.\u00a0Lili Kaufmann discovered me back in the year 2000 when I was a young and religious, but isolated. There was no internet here, no religious Jewish visitors to the country, and we initially resisted outside communication &#8211; something that Lili respected and upheld. We appreciate that\u00a0<strong>Kulanu respects our Jewish practice<\/strong>\u00a0and supports us in honoring our tradition.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;The\u00a0Sub-Saharan African Jewish Conference earlier this month was a very motivating experience. To be with so many African Jews in one place was inspiring and eye opening.&#8221;<\/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 this community in Tanzania. Our partner communities truly enrich the Jewish world.<\/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.<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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