The Jews of Uganda

This beautiful blue glass finger bowl (c.1820) was made by Lazarus and Isaac Jacobs, glassmakers to King George III. It is one of the exhibits in The Jewish Museum - London's Museum of Jewish Life - in Camden Town. Date for your diary, if you're Jewish, Black or simply fascinated by the quirks of human history: from 3 October to 12 November the Museum will be celebrating Black History Month with Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda, a photographic exhibition by Rena Pearl. The British tried to convert Ugandans to Christianity, but their missionary only got so far as the Old Testament. So these black Ugandans became Jews! Whoops! Despite persecution by Idi Amin, they remain Jewish to this day. There's also an illustrated talk on The Black Jews of Ethiopia: 31 October.