Passover Seder with the Lemba in Zimbabwe

Site designated for synagogue in Mapakhomhere, Zimbabwe. Photo by Ari Witkin, 2011 Sandy Leeder, Kulanu’s Lemba Coordinator, will be helping to run a Pesach Seder with the Lemba community in Mapakhomhere, Zimbabwe this Passover – “G-d willing” as Sandy said....

Purim in El Salvador

Class of young Jewish boys in Armenia, El Salvador. Photo by Aaron Rehberg, 2011 Rabbi Aaron Rehberg is heading home after six weeks, including Purim, in El Salvador. While there, Rav Rehberg of Israel continued his Jewish education and other work with the Armenia...

“Todah Rabah” to Kulanu Supporters!

Todah Rabah (Thank you!) to our donors for supporting Kulanu and our work with isolated and emerging Jewish communities around the world! These lists reflect gifts received between Nov 1 2011 and Feb 29 2012 – if we missed anyone, please let us know by sending a...

Serge Etele of Cameroon in NYC Tonight!

Talk on Jews of Cameroon Tonight – Thursday, March 29 at West End Synagogue Serge Etele in his new tallis, handmade by artist Susan Schorr of New York City. Photo by Harriet Bograd, 2012. Serge Etele, an educator, computer specialist, and farmer, is the spiritual...

Greetings and Gratitude from Uganda

I recently returned from an inspiring visit to Uganda. My eleven days in the community were jam-packed with festive celebrations and intense meetings. We had two wonderful shabbatot(one entirely led by the youth of the community as part of their youth conference),...