by Molly | Nov 21, 2018 | Home Page, Uncategorized
George Zvakavapano and Sheron Nzou Wuriga, both young leaders of Zimbabwe’s Lemba Jewish community, arrived in Israel on October 19 for intensive Jewish studies. Kulanu has contributed their airfare, thanks to support from donors Jack and Diane Zeller, while Ohr Torah...
by Molly | Nov 21, 2018 | Home Page, Uncategorized
Many of us have extra Jewish books that we no longer have room to store. But for geographically isolated, financially challenged communities, such books are a valuable link to their heritage. After a major solicitation in the UK, Liz Lamotey Nortey and her sister...
by Molly | Nov 21, 2018 | Home Page, Uncategorized
When Jonathan Popper was ready to mark his Bar Mitzvah, he wanted to find a way to celebrate that would honor his heritage as “half Guatemalan and all Jewish.” Partnering with Jeannette Orantes, president of Asociación Judía Reformista de Guatemala Adat...
by Molly | Nov 21, 2018 | Home Page, Uncategorized
Logan Miller and his parents Fred Miller and Bess Morrison have a special connection with Uganda, having traveled there this past summer with a group of 20 guests for his bar mitzvah in Uganda, in addition to his US ceremony last fall. Before his trip, Logan raised...
by Molly | Jul 30, 2018 | Home Page, Uncategorized
Dear Friends, Next year marks Kulanu’s 25th anniversary and 100 years of the Abayudaya community. We partnered with the Abayudaya from our very first days, meaning that the Kulanu-Abayudaya relationship is 25-years old. In honor of these remarkable occasions,...
by Molly | Jun 5, 2018 | Home Page, Uncategorized
A journey of discovery Jonatas Chimen didn’t know that he was Jewish until he was 18. He grew up with Jewish practices, and knew he was part of a special community in Brazil, but it was only when he moved to Miami at age 16 and people commented that he might be Jewish...
