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Bonita Nathan Sussman

Bonita Nathan Sussman, known to everyone as Rabbanit or just plain Boni serves as Vice President of Kulanu, a group that deals with returning, emerging and isolated Jewish communities around the world.  She and her husband Rabbi Gerald Sussman have traveled extensively throughout the globe, often accompanied by other UTJ rabbis and rebetzens, to support and welcome communities in their journeys to be become Jewish and become part of the Jewish people. Her photos and videos have been published and appear in documentaries and she has been published in various venues.  She serves as a guest lecturer on topics related to her travels and about successes and challenges around developing new Jewish communities around the world

Bonita oversees the development of new Jewish communities for Kulanu. She serves on the editorial staff of the Kulanu Magazine and is board liaison to the Kulanu Academic Cohort (KAC). She also serves as educational advisor and consultant to new communities and is working to establish the Kulanu Global Teaching Fellows program, that aims to send rabbinical students to teach in Kulanu communities.

Boni's Youtube channel documents her visits with the communities and interviews their leaders in a very homespun way.

Boni Sussman has been connected to the UTJ since its inception. Her husband Rabbi Gerald Sussman has served on the board for many years and Boni served as chair of an educational seminar among other programs. Boni also served an an editor of the UTCJ newsletter and her home served as the address of the Halachic Fellowship, the precursors to the UTJ and Morashah.

Madagascar, Interview with Rabbi Pinchas and Miriam Klein VIDEOS

Madagascar, Interview with Rabbi Pinchas and Miriam Klein

by Bonita Nathan Sussman
February 5, 2018

Categories: Life Cycle, Modern Judaism
The Jews of Suriname with Marina da Costa and Rabbanit Bonita Nathan Sussman: A Kulanu Hangout VIDEOS

The Jews of Suriname with Marina da Costa and Rabbanit Bonita Nathan Sussman: A Kulanu Hangout

by Bonita Nathan Sussman
November 26, 2017

Categories: Articles, Modern Judaism, Women's Forum
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Ejewihphilanthropy)

Jews In Cote d’Ivoire? An Untold Story

by Bonita Nathan Sussman
November 26, 2017

Categories: Articles, Modern Judaism, Women's Forum
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Kulanu website)

Mikveh Moments in Madagascar: Immersion and Conversion on the Other Side of the World

by Bonita Nathan Sussman
November 26, 2017

Categories: Articles, Converts/Conversion, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Women's Forum
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Asian Jewish Life)

Life with the Bene Ephraim

by Rabbi Gerald Sussman and Bonita Nathan Sussman
November 26, 2017

Categories: Articles, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Women's Forum
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Kulanu website)

The Tzidkaniot: Righteous Women of Kulanu Communities

by Bonita Nathan Sussman
November 26, 2017

Categories: Articles, Modern Judaism, Women's Forum

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