See it for yourself…

We broke ground yesterday!!! It was such an exciting day. I posted a few pictures online and hope to write up a short description of the ceremony in the next few days (no promises, though, since we are heading to Kenya for the weekend).

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BCC’s new cd

One of the things I have missed most this year in Africa is singing with a choir. Around Pesach time, while brainstorming about different fundraising projects for the library, I thought about utilizing the voices and music at BCC. Morning glory at BCC is a truly remarkable experience. At 8:00 every morning, the staff pours [...]

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We did it!

I have started many blog posts apologizing for the delay in writing and updating you about our life in Uganda. But this has definitely been the longest hiatus between posts, at least posts from me. My apologies. Since we returned from Ethiopia, life has been a whirlwind and now that we have less than a [...]

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Geniza under a mango tree

G’niza Ceremony under a Mango Tree
On a beautiful Sunday morning on Nabugoye Hill, the Abayudaya buried many unusable books containing shemot, names of God. Part of my work of organizing the books in the synagogue over the past few months has been separating out these unusable books from the collection. I have found humashim, books [...]

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Pesach with Beta Israel

When we stepped off the plane in Gonder, Ethiopia, we didn’t know what to expect. Maital, Ronit (our close friend and Maital’s counselor on Nesiya), and I were supposed to meet Getenet, an Ethiopian Israeli who was helping the Gonder Jewish community with their Pesach seder. Ronit found a short, smiling man in the [...]

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