FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jules Donk, President, Jewish Community of Suriname
jldonk@cq-link.sr
597-87-56-898 (Suriname)
Rabbi Haim Beliak, Trip Coordinator
Haimbeliak@gmail.com
1-310-592-8960 (California, USA)
Jacob Steinberg, Kulanu Coordinator for Suriname
surjewicom@ymail.com
1-416-271-4544 (Ontario, Canada)
YOUNG SURINAME* JEWS REALIZE DREAM WITH BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL TRIP
PARIMARIBO, SURINAME, August 20—Eighteen Jewish young people from Parimaribo, Suriname departed today for Israel on the first leg of their journey to Israel [...]
Last fall, Kulanu formed a fundraising committee. Since then, we are thrilled to report that we have been awarded the following grants. We send our most sincere thanks to these wonderful donors. If you know of family foundations, teen foundations, or other substantial donors who might be interested in Kulanu’s work, [...]
Check out our Getting Involved Page for lots of ideas on how you can support Kulanu. Here are a few:
Help us find a Treasurer/Board Member. Kulanu is seeking a new treasurer, who would also serve as a board member. Here is the detailed job notice. Please help us find excellent [...]
From Devin Naar (long-time friend of Kulanu’s development associate, Katie Rosenthal):
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to attend the lecture I will be giving in the Cavalla Room of the Bart Luedeke Student Center at Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, on June 6, at 1 pm. I will have the honor [...]
The Kulanu-Kaifeng Speaking Tour has begun! Shi Lei, our speaker from the Jewish community of Kaifeng China, arrived in the U.S. last week, and his first two events in Baltimore and Fulton, MD got great reviews. Kulanu is delighted to be sponsoring his speaking tour.
I made a Google map for Shi Lei so he can [...]
The International Society for the Study of African Jewry /ISSAJ (www.issaj.com) and the Centre of Jewish Studies of the University of London, are glad to announce a conference Jews and Judaism in Black Africa and its diasporas which will take place at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 30th and [...]
Kulanu is very excited that Shi Lei, Kulanu’s spring speaker, is mentioned in an article in the New York Times that discusses the Jews of China. The article below is a brief primer on the Jews of Kaifeng, China. Click here to see Shi Lei’s speaking schedule, to see if he will be in a [...]
A Kulanu volunteer, Dr Liz Feldman of Illinois, recently forwarded our call to action to her networks with the message below. We think it’s a great way to inspire tzedekah (charity) as part of the Passover holiday! Please feel free to use this or your own holiday greeting to tell your friends, family and colleagues [...]
Shi Lei, a descendant of the historic Jewish community of Kaifeng and an experienced lecturer and tour guide, will be joining us from China very soon. Click here to see the original announcement of his speaking tour. Check the list below to find an event near you, or to see what dates [...]
Enid Bloch, a photographer and scholar from Buffalo, NY, in collaboration with Shi Lei, has made a superb slideshow on the history of the Kaifeng Community. Shi Lei will be working with this slideshow as the basis for his presentations.
You can view this Kulanu-Kaifeng slideshow at www.kulanu.phanfare.com.
For more about the [...]
