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South Africa's Lemba Jews

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Posted by Y-Love on February 6, 2007 02:14 PM |

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The "original Hebrews" stuff makes me a little uncomfortable (in the vein of British Israelites, etc.). That said, the Lemba Jewish (or Hebrew) identity is pretty cut and dry, with numerous links to Yemeni Jewish traditions, not to mention the presence of Cohen modal haplotype, especially within their Buba clan - their priestly caste.

Posted by: Yoel | February 6, 2007 04:00 PM

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