The collapse of Reform?
An unorthodox way to reform | The Jewish Chronicle
There is a sad inevitability about the news that Reform synagogues in Hendon and Edgware are talking to each other with a view to a merger. Ostensibly, the trigger for this dialogue has been the “northward” move of “large numbers” of
R. Elazar Fleckeles’s Haggadah Maaseh BR’ Elazar
the Seforim blog: R. Elazar Fleckeles’s Haggadah Maaseh BR’ Elazar
seforim.blogspot.com/2016/04/r-elazar-fleckeless-haggadah-maaseh-br.html
Abayudaya Jews of Uganda Now Formally ‘Recognized’ by Jewish Agency
Abayudaya Jews of Uganda Now Formally ‘Recognized’ by Jewish Agency
Five years ago, Tablet’s Michael Fishbane reported on the fascinating saga of the Abayudaya Jews of Eastern Uganda, joining Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the community’s spiritual leader, on his first, ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the Ugandan Parliament. In between dispatches from the campaign t…
Orthodox rabbis take stand against assisted dying
Orthodox rabbis take stand against assisted dying
Orthodox rabbis from across the country are calling for an end to physician-assisted suicide
The Abayudaya are Convervative converts. The story here isn’t of African Jews, but of the rift between the Jewish Agency and the Chief Rabbinate.
As an exception, the Abayaduya of Putti villiage refused C conversion, and are waiting for an Orthodox beis din to undergo real geirus. There is a group trying to help them become self-sustaining, building up infrastructure (water and solar), poultry farming and a coffee farming and export business. And of course, they could use support: http://puttivillage.org .