Samson Nderitu Njogu’s journey from East Africa to the West Coast of the United States — and from Messianic Judaism to mainstream Judaism and rabbinical school — is a uniquely modern Jewish story.
How did a young Hebrew woman become one of the public faces of the IDF? And what does it mean for her and her community?
Nambi is the second Abayudaya member to be ordained as a rabbi in the U.S., after Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the community’s spiritual leader. She is also a children’s book author.
“In France, we do not hesitate to say things as they are,” said Isabelle Marcus, a native of Paris. “When we think something is not right, we will go into the streets.”
In the summer of 1960, Howard University students and their white Jewish allies picketed for 10 weeks outside Glen Echo Amusement Park in Montgomery County.