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 | Oct 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
There is still limited time to sign up to join us in Uganda for a tour to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Abayudaya community and Kulanu’s 25 years of partnership with them. To sign up, please visit the Select Treks Kulanu page and register no later than...
by Molly | Oct 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Do you have tefillin (phylacteries) or tallitot (prayer shawls) that you are not using? Would you like to give them to Jewish communities in India or Africa who are yearning for them? Although shipping to our partner communities is costly and unreliable, we know of...
