Despite a long history in Indonesia, Judaism isn’t one of the country’s officially recognised religions. But a small community in North Sulawesi—home to the only synagogue in the archipelago—isn’t letting that hold them back from worshipping while living in harmony alongside neighbours of other religions.
Author Archives: Finneke Wolajan
Finneke Wolajan was born in 1990 in Tondano, North Sulawesi and started her career as a journalist in 2013 at Tribun Manado, joining the Alliance of Independent Journalists in 2015. She has joined various trainings, earned scholarships for reporting, and won writing competitions on diversity and health, including for a piece on rabies in dog meat from FAO, AJI, USAID and the agriculture ministry. Her hobbies are travelling and photography.
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Prabowo’s Identity Politics
Indonesian presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto is hoping to sweep to victory when Indonesia goes to the polls in April 2019. But he faces strong competition across the archipelago, and not least of all in his hometown in Sulawesi.
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