March 2010

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Rabbi Gershom Sizomu on the significance of Passover for the Jews of Uganda

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Tziporah's Charoset Recipe

4 cups roasted peanuts (known as groundnuts in Uganda)

3 apples, chopped fine

2 bananas, chopped into small pieces

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup sweet wine

Grind the peanuts in a blender and place them in a medium-sized bowl. Very few rural Ugandans have electricity and would use a mortar and pestle. Add the chopped apples and bananas. Add the wine and stir. Add the honey and mix everything together. If is isn’t thick enough, add more peanuts.

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Host Rabbi Gershom Sizomu in the Spring!

Rabbi Gershom Sizomu is currently booking speaking engagements for his Spring 2010 tour of the United States.

A charismatic leader and accomplished musician, Rabbi Sizomu is the first black rabbi from sub-Saharan Africa to be ordained at an American rabbinic school. Rabbi Sizomu can lead a Shabbat service, D'var Torah, or Havdallah; address a classroom or school; show a slideshow of photos of life in his community in Uganda; or give a concert. He can be booked for a single day or evening event on a weekday, or for a Rabbi-in-Residence weekend (which includes up to three events).

If you would like to book Rabbi Sizomu during his Spring speaking tour, which is tenatively scheduled for May 2010, please contact Andrew Esensten, Speakers Bureau coordinator.

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