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Rabbi Gershom Sizomu

Conflict between brothers splits Uganda’s thriving Abayudaya Jewish community

Gershom Sizomu is rabbi of the community of 2,000 people that belongs to the Conservative movement, while his brother has led a splinter group seeking to convert to Orthodox Judaism.
by Tonny Onyulo
February 27, 2019

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Yechiel Eckstein

Yechiel Eckstein, rabbi who befriended evangelicals, dies at age 67

Through the International Fel­low­ship of Christians and Jews that Eckstein founded, evangelicals have contributed more than $1 billion to Jewish causes.
by Yonat Shimron
February 13, 2019

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Rena Weller Karefa-Smart

Rena Weller Karefa-Smart, international ecumenical leader, dies at age 97

She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Divinity School, to receive a doctorate in theology from Harvard Divinity School, and to receive tenure at Howard Divinity School.
February 12, 2019

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Byron and Beth Borger

Byron and Beth Borger, independent Christian bookstore owners, face uncertain times

“There are very few self-defined Christian bookstores like Hearts and Minds,” said author John Fea.
by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans
February 12, 2019

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