A Covenant in Exile: Ethiopian Jewish Refugees Celebrate a Brit Milah in Juba.
LAST WEEK, Jewish communities around the world read Parashat Lech Lecha, in which Avraham is commanded to circumcise every male...
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Hachnasat Sefer Torah: After 25 Years, Two Torah Scrolls Come Home to Mukono
ON THURSDAY, 15 October 2026, members of the Tsyon Beit Hamitzvot Jewish Community of Mukono, Uganda, a congregation of about...
Two Flags, One Grief: KKSY and World Jewish Relief Mark October 7th Anniversary
IN THE VILLAGE of Nasenyi, in eastern Uganda, the community of Kahal Kadosh She'erit Yisrael (KKSY) gathered to remember a...
When the Enemy Strikes at Our Joy: Three Years After October 7th
THREE YEARS AGO TODAY, on the morning of October 7th, 2023, the Jewish people awoke not to the songs of...
Sukkot Around Africa: One Festival, Many Sukkot
FOR SEVEN DAYS this Sukkot, African Jewish Voices travelled the continent one sukkah at a time and found the same...
Grounded From Israel, SA’s Young Jewish Athletes Shine In Johannesburg
IN MAY, more than 100 young South African Jewish athletes got the news they had dreaded. They would not be...
From Feathers to Fruit: How Shehechayanu Oil Mills Turned a Setback into Beth Ha’arachman’s Path to Self-Sufficiency
IN LIFE, work is the engine of survival. It provides for needs, ignites ambition, and can sustain a community—but the...
Scaling Dairy Dreams: How Cattle Rearing Can Lift Remote Kenyan Jewish Communities Out of Poverty
KENYA has one of East Africa's fastest-growing Jewish communities, ranking behind Ethiopia and Uganda in size. In Nairobi, the capital...
FROM LAGOS TO THE WORLD: How One Synagogue Is Taking Selichot To Telegram
EVERY MORNING at four o'clock, long before Lagos wakes up, Nathan Uwaoma, a chazan and father, climbs to the bimah...
Sight Restored, Hope Rebuilt: One Man’s Gift to Beth Ha’arachman
FOR MONTHS, Elder Abashal, a member of the Beth Ha'arachman Jewish community in Akwa Ibom State in his early 70s,...
A Yakir Maccabi Award for Cliff Garrun—SAJA Sukkot Games and Other Sports Updates.
On July 6, 2026 in Israel, the Yakir Maccabi Award, the highest honor awarded by the Maccabi World Union (MWU)...
Understanding SAJA: What It Is, How to Join, and the Principles That Unite Us.
ACROSS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Jewish communities are increasingly asking one same question: how does a synagogue become part of the Sub-Saharan...
Maccabi FC Nigeria Triumphs in Passover Friendly, Eyes SAJA Sukkot Games.
Maccabi FC Nigeria delivered an impressive performance last week as they secured a 2–1 victory over Success Football Academy in...
Aliyah in the Digital Age: The Gihon Hebrew Synagogue Model
On October 27th, it was a quiet Monday evening in the WhatsApp group of Gihon Hebrew Synagogue. A post notification...
Shaping The Future Through The Power Of Education.
EDUCATION has transcended beyond the walls of the classroom. While its power as a transformative tool remains undiminished, its evolution...
Maccabi Pan-African Tournament: Xriso FC Set to Compete, Other Latest Updates.
OVER the past three years, Jewish sporting activity in some parts of Africa has experienced a remarkable transformation, which is...
Joburg Jewish Mommies Aid Hebrew Learning Across Communities in Nigeria.
Hebrew education in Nigeria remains a developing field, despite the central importance of the language in Jewish religious and cultural...
Nigeria to Host the Inaugural Pan-African Maccabi Tournament (Pesach 5786)
NIGERIA is set to make history during Pesach 5786 as it hosts the maiden edition of the proposed Pan-African Maccabi...
8 Days of Hanukkah in 8 Sub-Saharan African Jewish Communities.
HANUKKAH, or Chanukah, holds significant spiritual importance to the Jewish population, both in terms of history and as a season...
After the Spear is Thrown, Can David Survive Saul’s Wrath in the Season Finale?
The air in the royal chamber is thick with the scent of betrayal. On what should have been his wedding...
Namanyonyi Replaces Its 23-Year-Old Synagogue.
JEWISH COMMUNITIES in Uganda have existed for over a hundred years, marking a century in 2019, which was celebrated globally...
