On March 7th, 2024, Kulanu Canada presented Remy Ilona, Lawyer, Historian, Religious Studies Scholar, and Cultural Theorist, as he presented the history and background of the Igbo people, known by many as the “Jews of Africa”. He discussed the antisemitism and genocide they have experienced, with insight and personal reflections on his journey as an Igbo from Nigeria.
Please watch the recording of the webinar below, and the complete slides from his presentation are available below the video.
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Kulanu Canada supports dispersed Jewish communities providing education, Judaica and linkages to the global Jewish community.
Watch Kulanu Canada’s video from our webinar about the amazing documentary film Xueta Island: A Hidden History about the Jews of Majorca, with producer, entrepreneur, and storyteller, Dani Rotstein.
A content producer, entrepreneur, and storyteller, New Jersey native Dani Rotstein moved to the Spanish island of Majorca in 2014 to produce TV commercials, and he didn’t expect there to be much Jewish life there. His surprising discoveries led to his work on the documentary film Xueta Island: A Hidden History, for which he is not only a director, but also a subject.
On March 2, 2023, special guest Yaakov Baruch, Leader of the Indonesian Jewish Community presented as fascinting history of the Jews in Indonesia. Yaakov Baruch was born in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, and grew up in Manado. He learned of his maternal Jewish mother’s background while a youth, and began to research his Dutch Jewish roots while in college. Yaakov visited Jewish communities in Singapore and Israel, Europe and America and then chose more in-depth study of Judaism.
In 2000, Yaakov established a synagogue community in Manado and inaugurated the synagogue in 2004, which was attended by Israel TV Channel 10. While there were Jews in Indonesia with Iraqi and Dutch roots, those communities which had existed in other parts of the country no longer exist. In 2019, the Tondano community decided to change its Synagogue “minhag” to that of the Western Sephardic or Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities. The Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue was consecrated in 2022.
If you missed it, enjoy this informative and well-presented story of the historic Jewish community of Barbados, and if you attended, watch it again, share with friends.
