Is the Lemba community in South Africa a Lost Tribe of Israel?
In the Blood: Genes, 'Lost' Tribes, and Identity
Lecture by Dr. Tudor Parfitt
April 6, 2000
UMass Amherst
Dr. Tudor Parfitt, director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of London, has participated in DNA testing [c. 2000] which seems to corroborate the oral tradition of the Lemba people of southern Africa professing Hebrew ancestry.
Sponsored by the Office of Jewish Affairs, Hillel, Afro-American Studies, Judaic & Near Eastern Studies, Black Student Union, Moreshet Network of African Heritage Jews, United Jews of Color of the Pioneer Valley, Kulanu, and Five Colleges, Inc.
To learn more...
Tudor Parfitt's Remarkable Journey (PBS "NOVA" documentary)
KULANU (an organization dedicated to finding and assisting lost and
dispersed remnants of the Jewish people)
Moreshet Network of Jews of African Heritages
