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First Encounter with Uganda's Jews

Arye Rosenberg meets Uganda's Jews
Arye Rosenberg at a makeshift synagogue in Uganda

Arye Rosenberg, a journalist and backpacker, fulfills his fallen son's wish by exploring remote places in the world and coming across a small isolated community of Jews in Uganda.


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By Ruth Harvey

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Arye Rosenberg, a journalist and backpacker, fulfills his fallen son's wish by exploring remote places in the world and coming across a small isolated community of Jews in Uganda.


Arye Rosenberg's son died in the tragic helicopters' disaster, where 72 commando IDF soldiers lost their lives in 1997. Since then he travels the world with his backpack once a year, as a way of commemorating his son's name. 6 years ago this led him to an unforgettable encounter with a small community of Jews in Uganda, living in a remote town, upholding some Jewish customs and traditions and trying to maintain a tradition as it has been passed from generation to another for the last 120 years.


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