Following on our well-received presentation about Ugandan Jewry at Yom Kippur, I’m
thrilled to announce that Uganda's first native-born Rabbi will be coming to Beth El for a
rare intimate conversation.  We hope you can join us to learn more about this extraordinary
Jewish community! 

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 838 3451 5856
Passcode: 055688

About Gershom Sizomu
Born in 1972, Gershom is a Ugandan Rabbi serving the Abayudaya, a Baganda community
practicing modern Judaism in eastern Uganda, near the town of Mbale.  Sizomu is the first
native-born Rabbi in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also the first Chief Rabbi of Uganda and a
member of the Ugandan Parliament. Sizomu earned his Bachelor of Arts in education from
Islamic University in Uganda, followed by a Be'chol Lashon Rabbinic Fellow at the Institute for
Jewish & Community Research and Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los
Angeles.

Gadi and Joss Meir will introduce and welcome the Rabbi, and also share stories of their
recent experience in Uganda.  This remote and rural community of Jews have been
practicing Judaism in obscurity, and in much the same way that we do, for the last 100+
years.  Gadi and Joss will share slides and stories of their warm visit to Sabbath services
with this community.

Please let us know if you can attend:  RSVP by email to Gadi Meir