Qesher Book Club: "Shalom Uganda - A Jewish Community in the Equator"

About this talk

Janice  Masur grew up in a tiny, remote European Jewish community in Kampala,  Uganda, under British Imperial rule, with no rabbi or Jewish  infrastructure. And yet, this community of only twenty-three families  formed a cohesive group that celebrated all Jewish festivals together  and upheld their Jewish identity. Sadly, while Kampala Jewry made every  effort to survive, it eventually failed and withered under the hot  African sun. In "Shalom Uganda: A Jewish Community on the Equator",  Masur tells her story of living in this little-known Ashkenazi Jewish  community from 1949 to 1961. Because so many Jewish communities were  obliterated in the last century, she documents, remembers, and preserves  Kampala European Jewry with all the respect that it deserves. This book  is the only piece of scholarship on this particular Jewish topic.

Supported with  interviews, photos and research, this presentation will be enjoyed by  Jewish scholars and anyone interested in…