{"id":63563,"date":"2018-09-04T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=63563"},"modified":"2018-08-29T13:00:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T11:00:59","slug":"29-05-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=63563","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Am Yisrael Chai\u2019: Ugandan Jews Enter Israel With Song and Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>\u2018Am Yisrael Chai\u2019: Ugandan Jews Enter Israel With Song and Dance<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Members of the Ugandan Abayudaya community visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem during their Taglit-Birthright trip. Photo: MAROM<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Some 40 Ugandan youths landed in Israel this past Tuesday, as part of the first-ever Taglit-Birthright group from the Jewish Abayudaya community.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group entered the arrivals hall at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv while dancing and singing in Hebrew, \u201cDavid, the king of Israel, lives and endures,\u201d and, \u201cAm Yisrael Chai!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Others in the hall soon joined the celebration, which was accentuated by drum beats and occasional blows of the shofar. They later recited the \u201cShehecheyanu,\u201d a Jewish prayer of gratitude for new or special occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group spent the first two days of its trip in northern Israel, before arriving in Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath.<\/span><\/p>\n

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