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Senior Religion Unplugged Contributor Dr. Robert Carle is in Kenya for this episode, interviewing the Israeli Ambassador to Kenya, Michael Lotem. Lotem–along with several other ambassadors to countries in Africa and Asia– is a part of a broad expansion in foreign affairs by Israel to countries in Africa and Asia. Other recent ambassador appointments include ambassador Eitan Na’eh in Bahrain, Michael Freeman in Nigeria, Dov Segev-Steinberg in Myanmar and Tammy Ben-Haim in Bengaluru. Dr. Carle discusses the new relationships Israel is finding with institutions and communities in Kenya and the unique perspectives on what it means to become a Jewish Kenyan.