Menachem & Jill Kuchar "The Abayudaya of Putti and Mukono"
Menachem & Jill are residents of Efrat for 35 Years.They emigrated from Australia. After living in Jerusalem for a period of three years they moved to Efrat in the mid-1980s. Among others, they were some of the very first residents in their neighborhood.
Menachem is a talented, and accomplished photographer. Menachem and Jill have traveled to many places and documented all of it along the way. Menachem is also a writer. There is so much more to the Kuchar's story than that, but on this podcast, we focused mostly on their recent work with Rav Riskin and others in the conversions of a tribe in Uganda who have been practicing a form of Judaism for a hundred years!
Jill and I met when I mistakenly gave away someone's Tallit bag on (Yep you guessed it) “Efrat Haketoret and Friends free group”. When Jill was returning the Tallit bag to me, we struck up a conversation. She explained that she was going to send the Tallit bag to Uganda, That she and her husband Menachem were involved with a tribe called the Abayudaya. I had to hear more…..
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If you want to have a part in this incredible story please click the link below and help in any way you can. Even a few shekels go a long way!
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Check out this clip from one of the Kuchar's recent trips to Uganda! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGO9k3oOwan4y-IIj7rLE0FNDpGabYvl/view
You can see some of Menchems work on his website
Check out Menachem’s Book
"The Abayudaya: Judaism Emerging, A Spiritual Journey into Africa"
See more about the book here