BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7115@tbala.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T165500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T165500 DTSTAMP:20241022T204953Z URL:https://www.tbala.org/events/the-abayudaya-jewish-communties-of-uganda -a-pop-up-photography-exhibit-film-screening-and-panel-discussion/ SUMMARY:A Photographic Essay on the Abuyadaya Jews of Uganda DESCRIPTION:in Pilch Hall\n\nJoin renowned photographer\, author and filmma ker\, Professor Peter DeCherney of the University of Pennsylvania\, as he displays and speaks about his many visits embedded within the Abuyaday Jew ish community of Uganda\, and shows some of his exquisite photography from those visits. Professor DeCherney will be joined by Dafna Sizomu (\, who  grew up in that community and whose father\, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu is its rabbi. Rabbi Kligfeld will moderate the conversation.\n\n \;\n\nTempl e Beth Am will exhibit Peter Decherney’s recent photographs and films of the Abayudaya Jewish community in Uganda\, followed by a discussion with Peter and Beth Am member Dafna Sizomu\, who will discuss Abayudaya history \, religion\, and culture. The films were produced by the University of Pe nnsylvania’s new Global Documentary Institute in partnership with the Ab ayudaya communities.\n\n \;\n\nUganda’s Abayudaya community started in 1919 when a local leader converted himself to Judaism. Today\, Eastern Uganda has over a dozen synagogues with a combined membership of around 70 00 congregants. They practice forms of Conservative and Orthodox Judaism\, and a nascent Reform movement is growing.\n\n \;\n\nThe photographs a nd films explore the intersection of being African and Jewish. What does i t mean to be Jewish in Uganda\, connected to Jewish communities in the Uni ted States and Israel\, and also\, increasingly\, to the growing Jewish co mmunities across Africa?\n\n \;\n\n 4:55 PM- Minha\n 5:25-5:35\, peo ple gather food for the seudah shlisheet meal\n 5:35 Program Part 1\n 6:25—We pause for the evening/Ma’ariv service and Havdalah\n 6:40—F ilm Screening\n CATEGORIES:Shul-Wide Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR