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# Jenny Hasselquist

Jenny Matilda Elisabet Hasselquist, also spelled Hasselqvist (31 July 1894 – 8 June 1978), was a Swedish prima ballerina, film actress, and ballet teacher.

## Biography

Jenny Matilda Elisabet Hasselquist was born in Stockholm on 31 July 1894 to Johannes Johansson Hasselquist and Sofia Katarina Hasselquist. She had two older brothers, Wilhelm (1887–1959), and Gerhard (1889–1950).
She attended the Swedish Opera's ballet school from 1906 and performed with the Royal Ballet from 1910. In 1913, Michel Fokine noticed her talents and ensured she obtained solo roles in La Sylphide and Cleopatra. She became a prima ballerina at the Royal Ballet in 1915.
In 1920, Hasselquist starred in Rolf de Maré's Ballets suédois in Paris. A talented dancer, she had a flair for the modern idiom. However she left de Maré after just one season, apparently dissatisfied with her potential there. She went on to play leading roles in many Swedish and some German silent films including Johan (1921), Vem dömer (1922), The Hell Ship (1923), and Aftermath (1927). She also appeared as a guest dancer in many of Europe's leading theatres including the Coliseum in London, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
She had her own school in Stockholm, and from the mid-1930s, she taught at the Stockholm Opera's ballet school. She died on 8 June 1978 in Täby, Sweden.

## Selected filmography

* Sumurun (1920)
* The Burning Secret (1923)
* The Suitor from the Highway (1923)
* Ways to Strength and Beauty (1925)
* The Wig (1925)
* Ingmar's Inheritance (1925)
* To the Orient (1926)
* The Girl Without a Homeland (1927)
* Guilty (1928)
* Say It with Music (1929)
# Bugra, Vologda Oblast

Bugra (Russian: Бугра) is a rural locality (a village) in Azletskoye Rural Settlement, Kharovsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 8 as of 2002.

## Geography

Bugra is located 50 km northwest of Kharovsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Sergozero is the nearest rural locality.
# Tatiana Kovalchuk

Tatiana Kovalchuk (born 24 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.

## Biography

Kovalchuk was 16 years of age when she began playing Fed Cup tennis for Ukraine in 1996. In the same year she started on the ITF circuit and had her first tournament win at that season's $10,000 ITF event in Donetsk. She had a win over Anastasia Myskina in the qualifying draw of a tournament on the ITF circuit in 1998. Her biggest title came in 1999, the $25,000 ITF tournament in Reggio Calabria.
In 2000 she competed in the main draw of WTA Tour tournaments at Antwerp and Tashkent, both in the singles and doubles draws. She was beaten in the first round of the singles at both events but was a doubles quarter-finalist in Antwerp's Belgian Open.
Most notably she competed in the main draw of the women's singles at the 2000 French Open. She made it through the qualifying competition by beating Yuka Yoshida, Conchita Martínez Granados and Gréta Arn, then lost to Anne Kremer in the first round. This brought her world ranking to a career high 184 in the world.
She made the last of her 11 Fed Cup tie appearances in 2001, ending her representative career by beating Estonia's Kaia Kanepi.

## ITF finals

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (2–2)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 8 September 1996 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Clay | Tatiana Poutchek | 7–5, 1–0 ret. |
| Loss | 2. | 21 September 1997 | Cluj, Romania | Clay | Mira Radu | 7-6, 0-6, 1-6 |
| Loss | 3. | 26 April 1999 | Maglie, Italy | Clay | Aurélie Védy | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | 19 September 1999 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | Alice Canepa | 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 |

### Doubles (4–3)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 15 September 1997 | Cluj, Romania | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Adriana Barna Magda Mihalache | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2. | 9 May 1998 | Prešov, Slovakia | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Magdalena Zděnovcová Jana Lubasová | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 17 May 1998 | Nitra, Slovakia | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Patrícia Marková Silvia Uricková | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4. | 13 July 1998 | Kharkiv, Ukraine | Clay | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | Natalia Bondarenko Natalia Nemchinova | 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 5. | 17 September 2000 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | Syna Schreiber | Andreea Vanc Maria Paola Zavagli | w/o |
| Loss | 6. | 18 June 2001 | Gorizia, Italy | Clay | Andreea Vanc | Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová | 7–5, 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 7. | 26 May 2002 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Darya Kustova Magdalena Marszałek | 6–2, 6–3 |
# Constance Forslund

Constance Forslund (born June 19, 1950) is an American actress whose performances include a revival of Clare Boothe Luce's The Women on Broadway and the films The Way We Were and The Great Bank Hoax.

## Career

In television movies, Forslund portrayed Ginger Grant in The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island and Marilyn Monroe in This Year's Blonde, one of a series of three movie specials under the "Moviola" name. She also appeared on such television series as Fantasy Island, Taxi, One Day at a Time, Trapper John, M.D., CHiPs, Magnum, P.I., The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, It's a Living and ER.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Hail | Sara Burd | |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Jenny | |
| 1977 | The Great Bank Hoax | Patricia Potter | |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Mrs. Charts | |
| 1986 | River's Edge | Madeleine | |
| 1987 | Baby Boom | Receptionist | |
| 1995 | Village of the Damned | Callie Blum | |
| 1997 | Clockwatchers | Flight Attendant | Uncredited |
| 2006 | The Far Side of Jericho | Madame DuBois | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972–1973 | The Doctors | Donna | 5 episodes |
| 1975 | The Legend of Valentino | Silent Star | Television film |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Elaine Benson | Episode: "Treasure Hunt/Beauty Contest" |
| 1978 | One Day at a Time | Bunny | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus | Julie Hunsacker | Television film |
| 1979 | Pleasure Cove | Kim Parker | Television film |
| 1979 | Taxi | Janet | Episode: "A Woman Between Friends" |
| 1979 | A Shining Season | Mary Anne | Television film |
| 1980 | This Year's Blonde | Marilyn Monroe | Television film |
| 1981 | Enos | Karen | Episode: "Horse Cops" |
| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Ginger Grant | Television film |
| 1981 | Trapper John, M.D. | Carol Collins / Lorna Latour | 2 episodes |
| 1981, 1983 | CHiPs | Hildy Hopkins / Charlie | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | It's a Living | Cindy | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |
| 1983 | Magnum, P.I. | Sandy | Episode: "Home from the Sea" |
| 1983 | The Love Boat | Fran / Tisha Hudson | 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Days of Our Lives | Abigail Duncan | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Lucinda Lark | Episode: "Footnote to Murder" |
| 1989 | Thirtysomething | Diane | Episode: "Pilgrims" |
| 1996 | The Burning Zone | Woman on the Monitor | Episode: "Touch of the Dead" |
| 1996 | Sliders | Fiona, Devin's Mother | Episode: "Desert Storm" |
| 1999 | Promised Land | Mrs. Sterling | Episode: "In the Money" |
| 2009 | ER | Nina | Episode: "The Beginning of the End" |
| 2011–2021 | Ave 43 | Barbara | 31 episodes |
| 2016 | Castle | Mrs. Samantha Northcliff | Episode: "The Blame Game" |
| 2016 | The Mop and Lucky Files | Vicki (Mop's Mom) | Episode: "Tracking Those Hours" |
| 2019 | Baskets | Shelby the Garlic Queen | Episode: "Homemakers" |
# Pepelnikovo

Pepelnikovo (Russian: Пепельниково) is a rural locality (a village) in Chuchkovskoye Rural Settlement, Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 6 as of 2002.

## Geography

Pepelnikovo is located 92 km northeast of Sokol (the district's administrative centre) by road. Nikolskoye is the nearest rural locality.
# Deng Nan

Deng Nan (simplified Chinese: 邓楠; traditional Chinese: 鄧楠; pinyin: Dèng Nán; born October 1945 in Guang'an, Sichuan) is a Chinese politician and physicist.

## Early life

Deng was born the second daughter of Deng Xiaoping with his third wife Zhuo Lin.
Deng studied physics at Peking University from 1964 to 1970. During university, she was secretary of the branch Communist Youth League of China. In Spring 1968, Nie Yuanzi directed Red Guards to detain Deng and her elder brother Deng Pufang. They were imprisoned in separate rooms of the physics department in an attempt to force self-criticisms from each. Deng was released relatively soon, whereas her brother was held and tortured for four months.
In 1970, Deng was sent to the Gaozhaizi Commune in present-day Ningqiang County for reeducation. She was assigned to the people's welfare production brigade at Dingjiawan (Chinese: 丁家湾), where she lived with the family of the branch secretary Jiang Yingchang. She participated in constructing terraces, drying cereals, collecting firewood, and other labour. In her first year, Deng was referred to as the most zealous of the intellectual youth sent to Ningqiang County.

## Career

She served as vice minister of China's State Science and Technology Commission (1998 - November 2004). She was a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
She is considered to be a princeling.

## Personal life

Deng's university classmate Zhang Hong (Chinese: 张宏) was sent to the same commune in Ningqiang County, where the two frequently cooked food and collected firewood together. They are thought to have already been romantically involved at this point. The two later had a daughter in 1972 called Deng Zhuorui (Chinese: 邓卓芮), alternatively known as Mianmian (Chinese: 眠眠), known professionally as Ran (Anne) Zhuo (Chinese: 卓苒). She married the CEO of Anbang Insurance Group, Wu Xiaohui in 2004. It was Wu's third marriage and they had one son. In 2014, Zhuorui ceased being a shareholder in two companies owned by Anbang, which was followed by news of the couple's separation in 2015.
# Leonard Medal

The Leonard Medal honors outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields. It is awarded by the Meteoritical Society. It was established in 1962 to honor the first President of the Society, Frederick C. Leonard.

## Leonard Medal Winners

Leonard Medal Winners :
| Year | Name |
| 1966 | Carlyle Smith Beals |
| 1967 | Harvey H. Nininger |
| 1968 | Ernst Öpik |
| 1969 | Harold C. Urey |
| 1970 | Fred L. Whipple |
| 1971 | E. L. Krinov |
| 1972 | Brian Harold Mason |
| 1973 | John Reynolds |
| 1974 | Edward Anders |
| 1975 | Gerald J. Wasserburg |
| 1976 | James R. Arnold |
| 1977 | Hans E. Suess |
| 1978 | John A. Wood |
| 1979 | Paul Ramdohr |
| 1980 | Heinrich Wänke |
| 1981 | George W. Wetherill |
| 1982 | Robert N. Clayton |
| 1983 | Johannes Geiss |
| 1984 | B. Y. Levin |
| 1985 | Eugene M. Shoemaker |
| 1986 | Ralph Belknap Baldwin |
| 1987 | Masatake Honda |
| 1988 | Klaus Keil |
| 1989 | Victor S. Safronov |
| 1990 | Peter Eberhardt |
| 1991 | Donald D. Clayton |
| 1992 | John T. Wasson |
| 1993 | Robert M. Walker |
| 1994 | Alastair Cameron |
| 1995 | Friedrich Begemann |
| 1996 | Donald E. Brownlee |
| 1997 | Ernst Zinner |
| 1998 | S. Ross Taylor |
| 1999 | Grenville Turner |
| 2000 | Günter W. Lugmair |
| 2001 | Harry Y. McSween Jr |
| 2002 | Donald D. Bogard |
| 2003 | Herbert Palme |
| 2004 | Michael Julian Drake |
| 2005 | Joseph I. Goldstein |
| 2006 | Michael J. Gaffey |
| 2007 | Michel Maurette |
| 2008 | Edward R. D. Scott |
| 2009 | Lawrence Grossman |
| 2010 | Hiroshi Takeda [ja] |
| 2011 | François Robert |
| 2012 | Donald Burnett |
| 2013 | Ahmed El Goresy |
| 2014 | Roger Hewins |
| 2015 | Jeffrey N. Cuzzi |
| 2016 | Hiroko Nagahara |
| 2017 | Mark H. Thiemens |
| 2018 | Sasha Krot |
| 2019 | Hisayoshi Yurimoto [ja] |
| 2020 | Michael Zolensky |
| 2021 | Katharina Lodders |
| 2022 | Kevin McKeegan |
| 2023 | Andrew Davis |
| 2024 | Monica Grady |
# Beinwil Abbey

Beinwil Abbey (Kloster Beinwil) was a Benedictine monastery in Beinwil in the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

## History

It was founded around 1100, probably by the local nobility and was first mentioned in 1147. After conflicts arising from the territorial claims of the towns of Solothurn and Basel against the Counts of Thierstein, who acted as the abbey's Vögte (reeve), it was burnt down in 1445. After Beinwil had been taken over by Solothurn in 1519, the authorities of the city impounded much of the abbey's possessions.
By the 16th century only a few monks were left in the abbey, and it was formally dissolved in 1554. A small community remained, first in the care of the Einsiedeln Abbey from 1589. And then, from 1622, under the care of the Rheinau Abbey. As no monastic revival could be achieved due to its remoteness, it was decided to re-settle the community to the newly founded Mariastein Abbey nearby at an important pilgrimage site in 1648. In anticipation of this, Mariastein became a member of the Swiss Congregation, now part of the Benedictine Confederation. From the late 18th century, it was finally possible to revive the Beinwil Abbey out of Mariastein, and during this period the church and the monastic premises were rebuilt.
The abbey was however dissolved in 1874 by a plebiscite during the so-called Kulturkampf, and the community of Beinwil went into exile.

## Present day

The abbey church, dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa was destroyed by fire in 1978. It has now been comprehensively restored and a high altar has been installed, dated about 1700, from Bellwald. Until 2019, the former abbey was used as a ecumenical conference and retreat centre. In January 2019 it became an orthodox monastery with four monks (as of 2022). The local catholic parish continues to use the abbey church, with the monastery using the crypt for their liturgy. About 12 rooms are available for visitors for short term visits. In 2023 the Orthodox monastery already counted 2,200 visitors.
# This City (band)

This City are an English nu rave and emo band from Brighton. Original drummer Jason Adelinia left to join the Pipettes in 2007 prior to a profile by The Guardian's Paul Lester. The band played Latitude Festival 2008, Redfest 2008, and supported the band "A"'s 10-date UK tour in December 2009.
They appeared on Orange unsignedAct.

## References-

* ↑ Lester, Paul (2 August 2007). "No 156: This City". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
# Borovikovo, Vologda Oblast

Borovikovo (Russian: Боровиково) is a rural locality (a village) in Kharovskoye Rural Settlement, Kharovsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 8 as of 2002.

## Geography

Borovikovo is located 8 km east of Kharovsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Korovikha is the nearest rural locality.
# Bob Oksner

Bob Oksner (October 14, 1916 – February 18, 2007) was an American comics artist known for both adventure comic strips and for superhero and humor comic books, primarily at DC Comics.

## Biography

Oksner's early work includes creating the second version of Marvel Boy in 1943 for Timely Comics, the predecessor of Marvel Comics. He later wrote with Jerry Albert and drew the syndicated newspaper comic strip Miss Cairo Jones (1945–1947), after which DC editor Sheldon Mayer hired him as an artist on comics adapted from other media. Oksner drew a few Justice Society of America stories in All Star Comics during his early years at DC. He moved from adventure strips to teen-oriented strips such as Leave It to Binky which debuted in February 1948. Oksner's work in this field included The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and its successor, The Adventures of Jerry Lewis; The Adventures of Bob Hope; The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; Sgt. Bilko; Pat Boone; and Welcome Back, Kotter; and, for the King Features syndicate, the newspaper comic-strip spin-off of the 1950s TV sitcom I Love Lucy. Other work includes drawing the original humor comics Angel and the Ape and Stanley and His Monster.
When the demand for humor comics fell off by the 1970s, Oksner began drawing such DC superhero series as Superman, Supergirl, Shazam!, Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, Ambush Bug, and others.
Oksner's other work in comic strips included succeeding Gus Edson as writer of artist-creator Irwin Hasen's Dondi for a time beginning in 1965; and drawing and co-creating Soozi (1967), with Don Weldon. He retired from comics in 1986.
Oksner was Jewish.

## Awards

Oksner won the National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Comic Books in 1960 and 1961, and in 1970 the Shazam Award for Best Pencil Artist (Humor Division) for his work on Adventure Comics and other DC titles.
Oksner was a recipient of the Inkpot Award in 2002.
# The Biggest Game in Town

In 1983, Al Alvarez published, The Biggest Game in Town, a book detailing the 1981 World Series of Poker event. The first book of its kind, it described the world of professional poker players and the World Series of Poker. It is credited with beginning the genre of poker literature and with bringing Texas Hold'em (and poker generally), for the first time, to a wider audience.

## Reviews

* Games #42
# Mary Louise Weller

Mary Louise Weller, born September 1, 1946, is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mandy Pepperidge in the popular 1978 film Animal House. She has guest-starred in television series such as Starsky & Hutch, Fantasy Island, B.J. and the Bear, Supertrain, and CHiPs, as well as appeared in Larry Cohen's film Q.

## Life and career

Mary Louise Weller was born in New York City to Alexander L. Weller (1897-1979) and Anette Donay (1909-1990) and was raised in Los Angeles's Westwood area. Danny Kaye was her godfather. The onetime top New York model made her film debut with an uncredited role in the 1973 Al Pacino cop drama Serpico. In 1978, Weller starred as a marine biologist in the TV film Hunters of the Reef (1978), and then as professor Andrew Prine's college student lover in the horror film The Evil (1978). Her greatest renown is with her performance as prissy, uptight sorority sister Mandy Pepperidge in the 1978 hit comedy Animal House. After Animal House, Weller appeared in The Bell Jar (1979), Once Upon a Spy (1980), Forced Vengeance (1982), Blood Tide (1982) and Q (1982).
Weller acted in several plays in New York and wrote the play Four Alone, which was performed at the Greenhouse Theater in Pasadena, California. She trained with the U.S. Equestrian Team as a teenager and has participated in horse-riding competitions.
According to Dancing at Ciro's, Mary Louise Weller is of Lithuanian-Jewish descent.

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Hail! | Mrs. Ellison | |
| 1973 | Serpico | Sally (party guest) | uncredited |
| 1978 | The Evil | Laurie Belman | |
| 1978 | National Lampoon's Animal House | Mandy Pepperidge | |
| 1979 | The Bell Jar | Doreen | |
| 1982 | Forced Vengeance | Claire Bonner | |
| 1982 | Q | Mrs. Pauley | |
| 1982 | Blood Tide | Sherry Grice | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Calling Dr. Storm, M.D. | Venessa Standak | TV movie |
| 1977 | Baretta | Rosalind | Episode: All That Shatters |
| 1978 | Kojak | Stacy | Episode: May The Horse Be With You |
| 1978 | CHiPS | Carol | Episode: High Flyer |
| 1978 | Hunters Of The Reef | Tracey Russell | TV movie |
| 1978 | Starsky & Hutch | Dolly Ivers | Episode: Moonshine |
| 1978 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Annie Metzger | Episode: Gameplan |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Ali | Episode: The Queen And The Improbable Knight |
| 1979 | Fantasy Island | Tina Mason | Episode: Yesterday's Love/Fountain Of Youth |
| 1979 | B. J. and the Bear | Elizabeth Chambers | Episode: Deadly Cargo |
| 1979 | Detective School | Cora | Episode: Nick Is Smitten |
| 1980 | Semi-Tough | Barbara Jane Bookman | Episode: Barbara Jane Moves In (pilot) |
| 1980 | Vega$ | Jamie Randall | Episode: Lost Monday |
| 1980 | Fantasy Island | Dulcinea "Dulcie" Merchant | Episode: Don Quixote/The Sex Symbol |
| 1980 | Once Upon a Spy | Paige Tannehill | TV movie |
| 1981 | CHiPS | Paula | Episode: Forty Tons Of Trouble |
| 1983 | Quincy, M.E. | Dr. Wendy Peterman | Episode: The Cutting Edge |
# Oceaniovalibus

"Oceaniovalibus" is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family of Rhodobacteraceae with one known species ("Oceaniovalibus guishaninsula"). "Oceaniovalibus guishaninsula" has been isolated from seawater from the coast of Guishan Island in Taiwan.
# Nikolskaya, Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast

Nikolskaya (Russian: Никольская) is a rural locality (a village) in Biryakovskoye Rural Settlement, Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 7 as of 2002.

## Geography

The distance to Sokol is 118 km (73.3 mi), to Biryakovo is 18 km (11.2 mi). Borshchovka is the nearest rural locality.
# 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. Sizomu is the first native-born black rabbi in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also the first Chief Rabbi of Uganda. Sizomu is a member of the Ugandan Parliament.

## Childhood

Sizomu was born into an Abayudaya family, and his grandfather was the community's leader. The Abayudaya were persecuted during the years of the Idi Amin regime, when it was illegal to openly practice the Jewish faith in Uganda. During his childhood, Sizomu's father was arrested for building a sukkah as part of the celebration of the Jewish holiday Sukkot. His father was released when Sizomu's family paid the arresting officer with a ransom of five goats. 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.

## Education

The Abayudaya was not recognized by the government of Israel as being Jewish because the community had not formally converted to Judaism. In 2003, Sizomu sought Israeli approval of the Abayudaya by inviting four U.S. rabbis to conduct a conversion ceremony for 300 Abayudaya Jews, which they did in 2003, in a ceremony consisting of the question, 'Why do you want to be Jewish?', to which the Abayudaya responded: "I was born Jewish and I'd like to stay Jewish." Others refused to take part saying: "We're already Jewish." 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."
Sizomu earned a Bachelor of Arts in education from Islamic University in Uganda. As a Be'chol Lashon Rabbinic Fellow at the Institute for Jewish & Community Research, he came to the U.S. to 2003 to study in a five-year graduate program at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He graduated in 2008 and was ordained as a rabbi under the auspices of Conservative Judaism.

## Rabbinical activities

In July 2008, Sizomu returned to Uganda and conducted a conversion ceremony for 250 people at the village of Nabogoya, with converts coming from across Uganda and from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. 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. It is important that Africans and others know that they can choose Judaism as a spiritual path and that we are open to them."

## Political activities

Rabbi Sizomu was a candidate to represent Uganda's Bungokho North District in Parliament in the 2011 election, held on February 18, 2011. He lost that election, but ran again in 2016 and was elected to Parliament in a close race.