Judaism
Judaism is also practiced in Uganda by a small number of native Ugandans known to most people as the Abayudaya. However, due to their small population size, estimated as of 2013 at 2,000, many Ugandans are not aware of this Jewish presence. Formerly numbering as many as 3,000 individuals, the community drastically shrank in size to 300 when Idi Amin came to power and outlawed Judaism, destroying all the synagogues in the country. Since then, the community has grown in size and strength, constructing five synagogues in various communities and establishing links to Jews worldwide. They operate several schools which enroll Muslim, Jewish and Christian students.
Besides the Abayudaya there are an estimated 100 (un-organized) expatriate Jews of Israeli, South African and American origin residing in Uganda, mainly in Kampala.
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