American Jews with ties to a small community of Jews in Uganda have condemned the Israeli Interior Ministry’s “racist” decision to reject the right of those Jews to immigrate to Israel — simply based on the color of their skin: The ministry was responding to a Supreme Court petition by Kibita Yosef, a Ugandan Jew who had requested to make aliyah. Yosef, who converted to Judaism in 2008 under... 

Twelve-year-old Joseph Kasirye never made it to the village well after leaving his home in Kayugi in southern Uganda. As he walked to fetch water on Oct. 27 last year he was hit on the head with a hoe, allegedly by a man he knew — Umar Katerega, the local witch doctor. His head and genitals were then cut off and given to property tycoon Godfrey Kato Kajubi who, according to police, wanted to...