The Jews of Africa

Many suspect that the 21st century will be Africa’s century, but for many of us the African continent remains a fairly unknown place. Least known amongst its many unknown features is the emergence of new Jewish communities to join the long-standing ones that have been there for nearly two centuries. Clive Lawton will explore some of these communities, how they came into existence and the conundrums they throw up for the established Jewish community, not least, but not only, in Israel.

Clive Lawton was made an OBE in 2016 for services to education and the Jewish community. He is CEO of the Commonwealth Jewish Council which draws together and represents about 40 communities around the globe. He was co-founder of Limmud, is currently scholar-in-residence at JW3, the large Jewish Community Centre in London, an NHS tribunal Chair, a magistrate on the Wiltshire Bench, and runs his own international education consultancy.  Clive lectures and has published several books in the fields of religion, moral and ethical matters, literature, politics, and history.