September Update

September Update

It’s not too late to support our new year fundraising campaign – help us continue our work in 5778 with a donation. Thank you! And thanks to those who have donated already! Kulanu in the New York Times Our 5778 is starting in style at Kulanu – we’ve been featured in...
Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Thanks for supporting Kulanu in 5777 Will you help us make 5778 another amazing year? Happy Rosh Hashana from “all of us” at Kulanu! As this Jewish year comes to an end and we transition to 5778, we recognize some incredible moments among our communities and...

114 Conversions and 24 Weddings in Nicaragua!

Nicaraguan Brides by Ashira Slija Mejia This story was beautifully reported in Josefin Dolsten’s JTA article, “114 people just converted to Judaism in Nicaragua.” Thanks to Kulanu’s vice president, Bonita Sussman, and her team of rabbis and lay helpers who worked...

Kulanu Global Teaching Fellows

Miriam Liebman teaching about tefillin in Nasenyi, Uganda We are so proud of our team ofGlobal Teaching Fellows who have served this summer in five global Jewish communities. They are: Miriam Liebman in Uganda Loren Berman in Ghana Eliyahu Freedman in Cote d’Ivoire...

JTF funds water and soil conservation project

Receiving the grant in San Francisco Two Jewish Teen Foundations of the San Francisco Federation recently voted to award two grants to assist Lemba environmental efforts, totaling $18,000. The grants will allow this Zimbabwean Jewish community to improve their...