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  • In remote Madagascar, a new community chooses to be Jewish

    Deborah Josefson|Jun 17, 2016

    ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (JTA)-A nascent Jewish community was officially born in Madagascar last month when 121 men, women and children underwent Orthodox conversions on the remote Indian Ocean island nation better known for lemurs, chameleons, dense rain forests and vanilla. The conversions, which took place over a 10-day period, were the climax of a process that arose organically five to six years ago when followers of various messianic Christian sects became disillusioned with their churches... Full story