Ugandan Yosef Kibita denied right to aliyah again

Kibita converted to Judaism in 2008 in Uganda under the auspices of the US Conservative Movement.

YOSEF KIBITA reading from the Torah in the synagogue at Kibbutz Ketura, his adopted home for the last three years.

YOSEF KIBITA reading from the Torah in the synagogue at Kibbutz Ketura, his adopted home for the last three years.

(photo credit: Courtesy)

ByJEREMY SHARON

DECEMBER 13, 2021 19:08

Updated: DECEMBER 16, 2021 20:35

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