Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the first black sub-Saharan rabbi ordained at an American rabbinical school, has had a very busy time since returning to Uganda in June, after not having lived there for five ...

During a recent Shabbat service here, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu led dozens of worshippers in a prayer for unity. Women sang psalms. Children clapped. Men wearing yarmulkes played drums and guitars ...

Rabbi Gershom Sizomu leads a service at the Stern Synagogue in Mbale, Uganda, on Nov. 17, 2018. The Abayudaya community has been embroiled in a conflict between Orthodox and Conservative Jews. RNS ...

The music was distinctly African, driven by pulsing drums and lively melodies. But the lyrics were in Hebrew, sung by a diminutive rabbi with coal-black skin and a yarmulke as colorful as its ...

The Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale welcomed the chief rabbi of Uganda, Gershom Sizomu, into its chapel on Tuesday evening to share the story of his life and the Jewish community in ...

On February 19, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the spiritual leader of the century-old Abayudaya Jewish community, was named the winner in a heated race among eight candidates, including two main rivals ...

As Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni celebrated yet another election success in late February—he has been in power for 30 years—Rabbi Gershom Sizomu and his followers in the remote eastern ...

A Ugandan rabbi called on Israel to recognize his community after the government ruled against allowing members to move to the Jewish state. Rabbi Gershom Sizomu confirmed a report in Haaretz last ...

Less than two hours after stepping off the last plane on a series of flights from Uganda, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu stood ready to acquaint the West with the budding Jewish community in his home ...

In the documentary, "Moving Heaven and Earth," an American Jew describes spying an African, Gershom Sizomu, amid the white expatriates in a Nairobi synagogue in the 1990s." ...

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

Uganda’s 2,000 Jews have long maintained a modest existence. They live in the east of the country in a hilly, rural area that lacks paved roads, consistent electricity and freely running water.