After long legal fight since 2018, a man from a tiny Ugandan Jewish community is finally approved for Israeli citizenship

Good news! Who is Jewish can be complicated e.g. as this case probably  demonstrates.

"After seven years in court and four conversions, a member of Uganda’s Abayudaya Jewish community is now an Israeli citizen.

Israel’s Interior Ministry, which handles applications for citizenship, this month approved the bid of Yosef Kibita, who first applied in 2018.

Israeli authorities had previously rejected immigration applications from the Abayudaya community, a group of about 2,000 Ugandans who began practicing Judaism a century ago after Ugandan statesman Semei Kakungulu declared himself Jewish and began adopting Jewish practices. The Israeli government considers the Abuyadaya an “emerging” Jewish group and ineligible for citizenship without conversion."

After long legal fight, man from Ugandan Jewish community is approved for Israeli citizenship - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Congratulations!