THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE announces A unique perspective on the Bible African Tribe Adopts Judaism New York (JTA) — When world invited by him to visit the tribe. Zionist leaders rejected Uganda The visit was so inspiring that as a possible Jewish homeland at upon returning to the United the turn of the century, they prob- States Mr. Meyer wrote more ably never imagined that one of than 150 letters to different or- the native tribes in the eastern ganizations about the Aba Yua African nation would adopt Ju- Daya. daism. The tribe's current population In 1919, the Buganda tribe in is between 500 and 600, below western Uganda began to follow the 2,000 Aba Yua Daya mem- the Old Testament. bers the tribe had before Idi Amin The tribe leader, Semei Ka- took over Uganda and made life gungulo, had been struck by the difficult for them through his bru- special relationship described in tal regime. the Bible between the Jewish The group has expressed an in- people and God, said Jacques terest in converting to Judaism Cukierkorn, the rabbinic advis- and moving to Israel. er to Kulanu, an organization now aiding the tribe in their quest to become more knowl- edgeable about Judaism. As a result, Mr. Kagungulo abandoned the New Testament and lived a Jewish lifestyle by ad- Jerusalem (JTA) — Israeli police hering to the scriptures of the Old arrested 13 members of Green- Testament. peace who were protesting out- The Buganda tribe in western side the Chinese and French Uganda had initially been con- embassies in Tel Aviv. verted to Christianity by Euro- The group, which was protest- pean missionaries who ing the decisions of France and frequented the region. China to conduct nuclear testing, Mr. Kagungulo took to heart had chained themselves to fences the apocalyptic passages in Isa- and scaffolding, spray-painted iah about how the people of the anti-nuclear messages on the world will want to be Jewish. sidewalk and blocked entrances Mr. Kagungulo also was a to the buildings, police said. highly respected general and an Three of those detained were Is- adviser to the king of Uganda. raelis. The rest of those arrest- "He was a macher," Mr. ed were the captain and crew of Cukierkorn said. the Greenpeace ship Altier, an- After he wrote a book of reli- chored off Tel Aviv. gious guidelines based on the Old The presence of the Green- Testament for his 500 tribal peace ship in Israeli waters was members, they decided to start "part of a Mediterranean tour to calling themselves the Aba Yua draw attention in the region to Daya — or "I am a Jew" in their the issue of nuclear testing," Uri native Luganda. Zik, director of Greenpeace in Is- The book included traditional rael, told Israel Television. Jewish practices such as ritual "There is nothing wrong about circumcision and separation of the Israeli public voicing oppo- milk and meat. sition to nuclear testing, which is "Evidently, he didn't know of high on the environmental agen- rabbinic Judaism and actually da of the world right now," Mr. composed a primitive prayer Zik added. book," Mr. Cukierkorn said. Environment Minister Yossi Every time they came into con- Sarid and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron- tact with Jews, they would nie Milo met with Greenpeace ac- change their ways and adopt new tivists. practices, he said. In the mid- 1920s, a Jew known only as Joseph spent time with the tribe teaching them more about prayer and about the different holidays, he added. There was little contact be- tween the Jewish world and the New York (JTA) — Vandals have Aba Yua Daya from that point daubed 11 gravestones with until the early 1990s, when two swastikas and the letters "SS" in graduate students happened to the Jewish cemetery of Klatovy stumble upon them. in western Bohemia, according While visiting Kenya, the two to the World Jewish Congress. American graduate students, No arrests have been made by Matthew Meyer and Julia Czech Republic police in connec- Chamowitz, met one of the lead- tion with the incident, thought to ers of the Aba Yua Daya in a syn- have occurred between Aug. 7 agogue in Nairobi and were and Aug. 13. Greenpeace Arrest Made / Gravestones Are Vandalized SHABBAT STUDY HOUR Your chance to study the Bible with Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine in an informal discussion in the spirit of Shabbat. This class is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. There is no charge. Beginning Saturday, September 9th, at 9:30 A.M. in the Temple library. INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM CLASS Rabbi Wine leads you through the events of Jewish history in a scientific and new approach. Register at the first class on Monday, September 11th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Temple library. There is a fee for non-members, applicable to membership in the 1995/96 Temple year. 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