Gershom Sizomu

Gershom Sizomu (born 1969) is a Ugandan rabbi serving the Abayudaya, a Baganda community in eastern Uganda near the town of Mbale who practice Judaism.

[4] In 1979, following the overthrow of the Amin government, freedom of religion was restored in Uganda, and Sizomu's family celebrated by hosting 200 people in a Passover Seder consisting of homemade matzoh and macco, a Ugandan banana wine with an 80 per cent alcohol content.

Sizomu has openly identified himself as a Zionist and once stated in an interview: "If the Arab world declared war on Israel, we would fight and die to protect it.

During the ceremony, Sizomu stressed the viability of the Jewish faith for sub-Saharan Africans by noting, "The relationship between God and the Jews in the Torah resonates for many spiritual seekers.

"[1] Rabbi Sizomu was a candidate to represent Uganda's Bungokho North District in Parliament in the 2011 election, held on February 18, 2011.

Capt. Jon Cutler, a chaplain and the religious affairs director for Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, walks with Rabbi Gershom Sizomu at the Moses Synagogue, Abayudaya
Capt. Jon Cutler, a chaplain and the religious affairs director for Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa , walks with Rabbi Gershom Sizomu at the Moses Synagogue, Abayudaya