Western Canada Jewish Book Awards

“Rhea Tregebov (at left) has won her second Western Canada Jewish Book Award for her 8th poetry collection. Read about it here along with the other BC-based winners.FULL STORY

 

Kampala’s historical Jewry

June 03rd, 2020

Janice Masur has written a memoir about growing up in a small European Jewish community in Kampala, Uganda under British Imperial rule in Shalom Uganda: A Jewish Community on the Equator (Island Blue $20) from 1949 – 1961. With no rabbi or Jewish infrastructure, this community of just twenty-three families formed a cohesive group that celebrated all Jewish festivals together and upheld their Jewish identity. While the Kampala Jewry made every effort to survive, it eventually failed. 978-1-9991469-0-0

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