The Spiritual Leader of the Jewish Community in Uganda, Sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of West Africa, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu Wambede, has urged the Ugandan government to uphold the constitutional rights ...

Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, leader of Uganda’s Jewish community, dismantling the old synagogue, in Nabagoye. (Courtesy of Be’chol Lashon) ...

Rabbi Gershom Sizomu confirmed a report in Haaretz last week that the Israeli Interior Ministry had denied a community member’s immigration application. The Interior Ministry, according to Sizomu, ...

She is just the second Abayudaya rabbi ordained in the U.S. after Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the longtime leader of the community who has spoken to Bay Area audiences several times. Read more here. Rabbi ...

(JTA) The creators of new Passover haggadahs focused on Zionism and American patriotism were working on their projects long before Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza and… ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Gershom Sizomu, the first chief rabbi of the African country of Uganda, will come to Birmingham this weekend to speak about his life and the different ways faith can be ...

Uganda-based Rabbi Gershom Sizomu serves the Abayudaya and is the first locally born black rabbi in sub-Saharan Africa. “I am very excited about this upcoming event. We will have a workshop on ...

In 2014, Hezekiah received the Kulanu Global Teaching Fellowship, and he completed a two-month-long trip to East Africa and studied with Rabbi Gershom Sizomu in the Abayudaya Jewish community there.

The religious leader of the Abayudaya, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu. Ken Hively/ Getty Images The rabbi, who is also a member of Uganda's Parliament, feels let down by Israel.

They were able to deliver it in person in 2016 when Sizomu came to Pittsburgh as part of Torah Weekend, a joint program between Beth El and Temple Emanuel. In 2017 Spungen spoke with Sizomu and ...