Shoshana Nambi at Chizuk Amuno
Shoshana Nambi grew up in Uganda’s Abayudaya Jewish community. She dreamt of being a rabbi, but Shoshana chose to study Business Administration at Kampala International University as she grew up. She also trained as an HIV community educator and counselor and subsequently worked with RAIN-UGANDA, a grass-roots HIV organization for more than three years.
Shoshanna received opportunities to travel, including attending BCI in CA and representing Kulanu in visits across the US in the fall of 2013-14. The money raised through this fundraising enabled Kulanu to support the local Jewish schools and women’s programs.
She had the opportunity to work at a Jewish summer camp and is proud of her bond with Camp Coleman, a Reform camp in GA. Shoshana worked together with Coleman friends to start a program that saw thirteen youth from Uganda work in Jewish summer camps across America until up to date. Through the guidance and encouragement she received from Camp Coleman, she connected to Hebrew Union College as a rabbinical student. Before moving to NYC last year with her 12-year-old daughter, Emunah, Shoshana spent two years studying in Israel and is now a third-year Rabbinical school on her way to becoming the first female rabbi of her community in Uganda. For now, she teaches Hebrew School at B'nai Jeshurun and serves as a Student Rabbi for North Fork Reform Synagogue in Cutchogue, New York.