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ARE THE LEMBA ONE OF THE LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL?
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Come find out at a fascinating lecture by
DR. TUDOR PARFITT
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2000  7:00 PM
Herbst Theater/Green Room, 401 Van Ness, San Francisco
Open to the public at no charge

The Lemba, a Bantu-speaking people of northern South Africa and
Zimbabwe, practice circumcision, keep one day a week holy and
avoid eating pork or pig-like animals such as hippopotamus. The
confirmation of the Lemba's Jewish ancestry has come via two
intertwining lines of inquiry.

Dr. Tudor Parfitt, founding director of the Centre for Jewish Studies
at the University of London, has written a book, Journey to a Vanished
City: The Search for the Lost Tribe of Israel (New York, Random
House,Vintage Books, 2000), about his fascinating odyssey on behalf
of the Lemba. His research retraced the origins of the Lemba from
Yemen to Africa. Dr. Parfitt also participated in DNA testing which
found that Lemba men exhibit distinctive genetic patterns in the same
ratio as the general Jewish population (Dr. Parfitt's PBS feature:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel).

There is a request from the head of the Lemba Cultural Association,
Professor Mathiva, to show them the way to return to Judaism.
Kulanu ("All of us"), a volunteer organization dedicated to helping
lost Jewish communities all over the world, is helping the Lemba
to achieve this goal. If you are interested in helping the Lemba,
please make a tax-deductible donation to Kulanu and send to: Lemba 21,
Dr. Shumuel Wapnick, 1202 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10028
or call 914-594-4044. For more information: kulano@ubmail.ubalt.edu
- (301) 681-5679 - www.ubalt.edu/kulanu.

Co-sponsored by the Jewish Museum of San Francisco
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INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH & COMMUNITY RESEARCH, SAN FRANCISCO
Any questions? Contact Caron at 415.386.2604 * caron@JewishResearch.org
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