Presentation Overview

? Video Introduction
? The Lembas
? Cohens
? Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH)
? Who is a Jew?
? Beta Israel (Falashas)
? CMH and the Lemba
? Darron Kline Interview
? My Opinion
Video Introduction about
the Lemba Tribe
 More Information about the Lembas
? 70,000-80,000 Lembas in South Africa and Zimbabwe
? Similarities
Male circumcision
Ritual slaughter
Monotheistic View
Holy Day
Kosher
Star of David tombstones
Follow the Lunar Calendar
? Lemba Oral History
Left Judea 2,500 years ago
Moved through Yemen
Slowly moved down the East Africa coast
 Cohen
? Cohen (Hebrew) = Priest (English)
? Descendants of Aaron
? Special Duties in Society
? Kohen is 1 of the (




 Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH)
? Men have a Y-Chromosome.
? Karl Skorecki first to study the CMH
? CMH a signature in the Y-Chromosome
? Passed on to male offspring
 Who is a Jew?
? Halakha
A Jew is a person who must be born to a Jewish
mother or someone who converts
? Talmud written in 2nd Century CE
? 

 followed
Halakha principle
? Ñow extended to
anyone with a Jewish
grandparent
 Beta Israel (Falashas)
? Jewish Ethiopian tribe
? Israeli government evacuated them to Israel
? Only African Jewish tribe accepted
? Still must perform semi-conversion
 CMH and the Lemba
? 10% Lemba men have CMH
? 4% modern Jews have CMH
? Buba Clan men = 53% CMH
? Ashkanazi Cohen men= 45% CMH
? Sephardic Cohen men= 56% CMH
 Darron Kline Interview
? CMH transferred via male
? Jewish status determined by mother
? Ñon-Jews can have CMH signature
? Decision by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate
? Opinion
Ñot Jewish
Ñeed to convert
My Opinion
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