by Molly | Jul 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our work in Madagascar has caught the attention of the Jewish press. Deborah Josefson’s JTA article has been picked up by dozens of news sources worldwide. It has even been translated into Spanish (twice), French, and Norwegian. Elysha Netsarh of Madagascar, Kulanu’s...
by Molly | May 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Elysha Netsarh of Madagascar, Kulanu’s 2016 speaker. Dear friends, Kulanu is excited to announce our 2016 Kulanu-Madagascar speaking tour. Yes, Madagascar! We met our speaker, Elysha Netsarh, during our journey to that far-away island country off the east coast of...
by Molly | May 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Final good byes in Madagascar Today we leave and head home back to our lives. There are more tearful goodbyes and more wonderful gifts and off we go the the airport. For most of us the destination is New York for a few others it is Boston,Philadelphia and far off...
by Molly | May 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
So far the trip has been constant hard work. The Beit Din has been putting in 12 hour days. Some of us have come more than half way around the world to go no further than the front door of our hotel. We looked forward to Monday which was to be a day of touring. Some...
by Molly | May 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Conference Attendees in Madagascar Tuesday, May 17th was the day of the long awaited symposium. One of the purposes of the symposium was to provide a platform for an idea which is commonplace in Madagascar, but virtually unknown anywhere elsewhere (i.e. the Israelite...
by Molly | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Jewish Brides of Madagascar. The Jewish community in Ghana gave them Shabbat Challah covers as wedding gifts. Photo courtesy of Boni Sussman. It would hardly go into the Guinness Book of Records but it went into our personal book of records. Sunday the rabbis...
