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Julius in Uganda
February 15, 2024, 1:18 pm
Now you see him: Julius Dein is magicking up schools
Candice Krieger meets the world-famous magician and celebrity favourite, who is turning his hand to philanthropy this year
By Candice Krieger
Lemba community members, in Manavhela, Limpopo Province, South Africa
April 9, 2021, 7:49 pm
Life inside Africa’s Jewish communities caught on camera
Photographer Jono David tells Francine Wolfisz about discovering some of the more rarely-known communities in his new book, The Jews of Africa
By Francine Wolfisz
Hadar Ratzon Rotem as Nadia and Sacha Baron Cohen as Eli in Netflix drama, The Spy
April 29, 2020, 2:14 pm
11 of the best Israeli spy shows to watch on Netflix!
From Munich, The Spy and Entebbe to Homeland, Fauda and Operation Finale, here's a round-up of the most thrilling Mossad-inspired TV shows and films to watch right now...
By Francine Wolfisz
The Prince of Wales puts on his kippah as he arrives for his visit to the Nidhe Israel synagogue, Bridgetown, Barbados, where he unveiled a plaque and saw the Mikvah, as he continues his tour of the Caribbean. (Photo credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)
July 31, 2019, 12:02 pm
OPINION: Standing together for our common wealth
From India and Tuvalu to Barbados and Mozambique, the head of The Commonwealth Jewish Council, reflects on the fascinating outposts of kosher culture around the world
By Clive Lawton
Students study in a yeshiva
August 20, 2018, 10:19 am
World news-roundup: 15 percent of New York yeshivas refused inspectors access
Stories from around the Jewish world this week include from the United States, Romania, Uganda and El Salvador
Local and foreign Rabbis pray in the synagogue of Puti next to Mbale
June 1, 2018, 3:28 pm
Israel reportedly will not recognise Uganda’s Jewish community
Jewish state denied the request of a Ugandan Jew, Kibitz Yosef, to immigrate to Israel signalling it won't recognise the legitimacy of the community
By JTA
Villagers gather round their new water pumping system
April 12, 2018, 4:31 pm
Africa gains from Israel’s solar system
 A charity that brought solar energy to poverty-stricken villagers is giving thousands of people a new lease of life
By Stephen Oryszczuk
March 15, 2018, 12:01 pm
Watch: Rosamund Pike and Daniel Bruhl star in Entebbe
José Padilha's thriller, starring Daniel Bruhl and Rosamund Pike, recounts the real-life operation by Israeli commandos to free 106 hostages
By Francine Wolfisz
Demonstration against the expulsion of undocumented immigrants and their families from Israel, Tel Aviv, 2009
January 5, 2018, 1:38 pm
Uganda denies it agreed to take deported African migrants from Israel
East African county rejects claims it would accept thousands of refugees from the Jewish state
By JTA
Demonstration against the expulsion of undocumented immigrants and their families from Israel, Tel Aviv, 2009
January 4, 2018, 3:47 pm
Israel makes plans to deport thousands of African migrants
Government approves deportation of migrants from Sudan and Eritrea who must leave or face imprisonment
By JTA
Distribution of bedding at Erbil refugee camp in Kurdistan
December 21, 2017, 1:05 pm
Charity marks ‘huge milestone’ as £10m worth of goods delivered to refugees
Borehamwood-based 'Goods for Good' celebrates helping needy people all over the world
By Jewish News Reporter
Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) greets Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
November 29, 2017, 10:45 am
Israel to open first embassy in Rwanda as part of ‘expansion in Africa’
Benjamin Netanyahu will open new outpost in the central African country more than 20-years after re-establishing relations
By JTA
The entrance to Holot immigration detention center, Negev desert, Israel.
August 30, 2017, 5:08 pm
Israeli Supreme Court strikes down key part of African migrant policy
Highest authority in the Jewish state says Israel can continue to deport migrants but cannot continue indefinite detention
By JTA
Moving torahs to the new building
September 20, 2016, 2:35 pm
Uganda’s Jewish community prepare to open new shul
Nicknamed the 'flying synagogue' due to its wing-shaped roof, the building will include a kosher shop and child-care centre
By Stephen Oryszczuk and JTA
Spiritual leader Alex Armah, centre, with community members at shacharit (morning) service at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, House of Israel Jewish Community in New Adiembra, Ghana. Photographed in February 2014
September 19, 2016, 5:26 pm
Meet the world’s most isolated Jewish communities
Stephen Oryszczuk meets Jono David, who spent four years visiting the world’s most isolated Jewish communities
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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