{"id":721,"date":"2017-11-02T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T18:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?page_id=721"},"modified":"2023-10-31T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:30:23","slug":"lemba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content-column two_third'><div style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LUOjPgGvrtA?list=PLAbG6QSx00Avjt3mFgsNXSNMYfrYfeLF8\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Lemba Jews of Zimbabwe, who entered Africa via Yemen hundreds or possibly even thousands of years ago, currently number about 150,000 in a country of 14 million people. They live among &#8211; and look like &#8211; the predominant local Shona tribe in southern Zimbabwe, and speak the Shona language; however, they are actually Jews who have kept their Jewish practices secret from their neighbors. Although they had lost their &#8216;Book&#8217; (the Torah, which Lemba oral history says was lost during their journey from Israel to Zimbabwe), to this day the Lemba have been able to maintain their devout religious observances passed down through generations of oral tradition, practices which do mirror Jewish customs and laws (read more in the articles below, or in the 2012 issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/magazines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kulanu Magazine<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Many writers have recorded the claims of Jewish descent by Lemba leaders from Zimbabwe and South Africa; they have pointed to Lemba&#8217;s religious observances as proof of their origins. However, these claims now appear to have been validated by DNA testing by Dr. Karl Skorecki, which identified a priestly &#8220;Cohen&#8221; gene haplotype in more than 50% of all males in the Bubha clan of the Lemba people (according to oral history, this clan is said to have led the Lemba out of Israel into Yemen and then Africa). This figure is the same or a little higher than the percentage for <em>Cohanim<\/em> (priests) in Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish groups around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Lemba Jewish community today is experiencing a &#8220;Jewish renaissance,&#8221; and their goals include learning Hebrew and Torah (their &#8220;lost book&#8221;); constructing their own synagogues; and engaging in mainstream Judaism. Kulanu has supported ongoing operating costs for the Harare Lemba Synagogue and construction costs for the Great Zimbabwe Synagogue. Kulanu has arranged for more than nine months of visiting live-in teachers, donations of books and Judaica, and two speaking tours in the US for Modreck Maeresera. We have arranged for Modreck to attend Ohr Torah Stone Yeshiva in Efrat, Israel for three months, and helped four young people attend learning experiences in the US and Israel. Kulanu volunteers also serve as close mentors and advisors to Modreck and other leaders in the community<\/p>\n<p>In face of a terrible drought in the summer, of 2016, Kulanu volunteers and Harare Lemba Synagogue leaders worked together to provide an emergency food program to about 20 families at the Harare Lemba Synagogue who were facing severe hunger. Kulanu donors sent about $1,000 per month for about a year to meet urgent needs. At the same time, HLS president Modreck Maeresera worked with Kulanu advisors Jack Zeller (Kulanu&#8217;s president emeritus) and Sandy Leeder to plan programs to prevent the need for emergency food. First, they raised funds and implemented a drip irrigation project in a rural village, with the agreement that the produce would be shared between the village and the urban synagogue community. That yielded more crops, yet animals were dying of lack of water and the soil was depleted. In 2017, two $9,000 grants from San Francisco-based Jewish teen foundations supported building a &#8220;weir&#8221; &#8211; a water reservoir, and a soil conservation project. The <a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/lemba\/weir-project-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weir Project Report<\/a>\u00a0tells the heartwarming story of people from five villages, Lemba Jews, Christians, Muslims, and African Traditionalists volunteering their labor and working together to build a reservoir to prevent future droughts. At a time of severe political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, this project offers an oasis of hope.<\/p>\n<h2>Useful Resources<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"multimedia\">Lemba Photos, Videos, and Books<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lemba Playlist from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/kulanuvideo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kulanu&#8217;s youtube channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How Kulanu Partner Communities are Sustaining Jewish Life during the Time of COVID-19\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HhU00j7PKtQ\">ONLINE SPEAKER SERIES: Zimbabwe &#8211; Modreck Maeresera<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulanuboutique.com\/music-cd-the-lemba-tribe-of-zimbabwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Lemba Tribe of Zimbabwe-Ancient Roots\/New Traditions&#8221;<\/a> (2019) Music composed by Hamlet Zhou and performed by the Harare Lemba Synagogue choir and produced by Hazzan Mike Stein<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.smugmug.com\/Zimbabwe\/2017\/Lemba-Water-Project\/n-nj32QK\/\">Lemba Weir (Water Reservoir) Project Photos<\/a>, November 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLAbG6QSx00Avjt3mFgsNXSNMYfrYfeLF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Lemba Jews of Zimbabwe&#8221; videos<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; playlist on Kulanu&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.smugmug.com\/Timeless\/Kulanu-Lemba-Slideshow-2015\/i-t4nQMGC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kulanu-Lemba Slideshow<\/a>\u00a0from the 2015 Kulanu-Lemba Speaking Tour<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.smugmug.com\/Zimbabwe\/2015\/Nili-and-Keith-visit-Zimbabwe-April-2015\/Section-3-Passover\/\">Nili and Keith Visit Zimbabwe for Passover<\/a>\u00a0Nili Salem B&#8217;Simcha and Rabbi Keith Flaks, April 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.smugmug.com\/Zimbabwe\/2013\/Kulanu-Lemba-Speaking-Tour\">Kulanu-Lemba Speaking Tour photo album<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; photos from Modreck Maeresera&#8217;s February 2013 tour of the United States<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.smugmug.com\/Zimbabwe\/2013\/Harare-Lemba-Synagogue\">Harare Lemba Synagogue photo album<\/a>\u00a0Irwin and Elaine Berg, 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.smugmug.com\/Zimbabwe\/2012\/Pesach-with-Lemba-in-Mapakomhere-Zimbabwe\/\">Passover with the Lemba of Mapakomhere<\/a>\u00a0Sandy Leeder, April 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008PVUKII\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B008PVUKII&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=httpwwwkulanu-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Of Sacred Times, Rituals, and Customs: Oral Traditions of the Lemba Jews of Zimbabwe<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=httpwwwkulanu-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B008PVUKII\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0Rabson Wuriga (2012) &#8211; Follow the link to purchase the e-book for your Kindle, or find it on iBook.com or BN.com!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"articles\">Lemba Articles &amp; Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/bedza-irrigation-project-in-zimbabwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bedza Irrigation Project In Zimbabwe<\/a> Fall 2019, Kulanu Magazine, Modreck Maeresera<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/lemba\/Harare-Lemba-Synagugue-Newsletter-Volume-5-May-2018.pdf\">Harare Lemba Synagogue Newsletter, May 2018<\/a> Modreck Maeresera et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/weir-water-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harare Lemba Synagogue Weir Project Report<\/a> (2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/lemba\/hlsnewsletter2017-11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harare Lemba Synagogue Newsletter, November, 2017<\/a> Modreck Maeresera et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/community-seders-zimbabwe\/\">Community Seders in Zimbabwe, 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/lemba\/hlsnewsletter2017-5.pdf\">Harare Lemba Synagogue Newsletter, May 2017<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Maeresera et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/lemba\/hlsnewsletter2016-11.pdf\">Harare Lemba Synagogue Newsletter, November, 2016<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Maeresera et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/lemba\/hlsnewsletter2016-08.pdf\">Harare Lemba Synagogue Newsletter, August, 2016<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Maeresera et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/tzidkaniot-may-2016\/\">The Tzidkaniot: Righteous Women of Kulanu Communities<\/a>\u00a0Bonita Sussman (2016)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/bci-kulanu-partnership-source-learning-joy-power-may-2016\/\">The BCI &#8211; Kulanu Partnership: A Source of Learning, Joy, and Power<\/a>\u00a0Rabbi Barbara Aiello (2016)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2015\/5\/24\/zimbabwes-lemba-build-their-first-synagogue.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aljazeera discusses Lemba synagogue quoting, Sandy, Modreck, and Rabson. Kulanu is mentioned too<\/a>\u00a0(external link)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tabletmag.com\/jewish-arts-and-culture\/music\/107809\/zimbabwes-jewish-music\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lemba guitarist Hamlet Zhou takes an interest in his African-Jewish heritage for a new album<\/a>\u00a0(external link)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/opinion\/article\/what_a_passover_seder_in_rural_african_village_in_zimbabwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What?! A Passover Seder in a rural African village in ZIMBABWE?<\/a>\u00a0Nili Salem B&#8217;Simcha, April 2015 (external link &#8211; published in The Jewish Journal website)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sarainzim.wordpress.com\/you-can-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;A Wandering Jew in a World of Wandering People&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0blog by Sara Eisen, Kulanu volunteer teacher in Harare (2014-2015)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/zimbabwe-with-love2014\/\">Zimbabwe with Love<\/a>\u00a0Mickey Feinberg (2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/month-lemba-zimbabwe\/\">Our Month with the Lemba of Zimbabwe<\/a>\u00a0Elaine and Irwin Berg (2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/inside-american-pioneers-harare-2014\/\">From the Inside: American Pioneers in Harare<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Maeresera (2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/whats-happening-africa-cameroon-kenya-ghana-uganda-zimbabwe-august-2013\/\">What\u2019s Happening in Africa: Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe\u00a0<\/a>Judy Manelis (2013)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/harare-synagogue-reality-august-2013\/\">Harare Synagogue a Reality<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Maeresera (2013)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/passover-mapakomhere-zimbabwe-highlights\/\">Passover in Mapakomhere, Zimbabwe &#8211; Some Highlights<\/a>\u00a0Sandy Leeder (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/insiders-view-zimbabwe-seder\/\">An Insider\u2019s View of the Zimbabwe Seder<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Zvakavapano Maeresera (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/letter-president-winter-spring-2012-issue-kulanunews\/\">Letter from the President<\/a>\u00a0Harriet Bograd (from the Winter-Spring 2012 issue of\u00a0<em>KulanuNews<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/lembajewish-community-zimbabwe-history-jewish-practice-challenges\/\">The Lemba\/Jewish Community of Zimbabwe: Its History, Jewish Practice and Challenges<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Zvakavapano Maeresera (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Kashrut (Dietary Laws) Among The Lemba &#8211; Modreck Zvakavapano Maeresera (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/lemba-build-synagogue-near-great-zimbabwe\/\">The Lemba to Build a Synagogue Near Great Zimbabwe<\/a>\u00a0Sandy Leeder (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/can-cyberlearning-save-future-lemba-judaism\/\">Can Cyberlearning Save the Future of Lemba Judaism?<\/a>\u00a0Modreck Zvakavapano Maeresera (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/rabbi-gershom-sizomu-visits-lemba-south-africa\/\">Rabbi Gershom Sizomu Visits the Lemba in South Africa<\/a>\u00a0(2010)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/coming-visit-zimbabwe-lemba\/\">Coming Out: A Visit to the Zimbabwe Lemba<\/a>\u00a0Tudor Parfitt (2010)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/thousands-books-zimbabwe-lemba\/\">Thousands of Books for Zimbabwe Lemba<\/a>\u00a0Relly Coleman (2009)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/wuriga-cites-progress-among-lemba\/\">Wuriga Cites Progress Among the Lemba<\/a>\u00a0Karen Primack (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"proposals\">Kulanu-Lemba Project Proposals<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/lemba\/Harare%20Lemba%20Synagogue%20and%20Guest%20House%20proposal%209-1-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kulanu Proposal for the Harare Lemba Synagogue and Guest House<\/a> September 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/lemba\/LembaSynagogueProposal_Feb2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kulanu Proposal for the Great Zimbabwe Synagogue<\/a> February 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_third last_column'><div style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;\"><div class=\"textbox\">\n<h2 id=\"articles\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0Community: Zimbabwe<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Tribe: Lemba<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Location: Africa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Country: Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Cities: Harare and Mapakomhere<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Size: Thousands<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regional Coordinator: Sandy Leeder<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Local language: Shona<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Official language: English<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/globalhealth\/countries\/zimbabwe\/default.htm\">CDC Health Zimbabwe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/passports\/en\/country\/zimbabwe.html\">US State Dept. Travel Warning <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/zi.html\">CIA World Fact Book Zimbabwe <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template\/full-width.php","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lemba - Kulanu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lemba - Kulanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kulanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/kulanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-31T17:30:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=httpwwwkulanu-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B008PVUKII\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kulanu_inc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kulanu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/kulanu\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/kulanu_inc\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/529768\",\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/kulanuvideo\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kulanu_inc\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kulanu-Site-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kulanu-Site-Logo.png\",\"width\":188,\"height\":188,\"caption\":\"Kulanu\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/\",\"name\":\"Kulanu\",\"description\":\"Supporting isolated, returning, and emerging Jewish communities around the world\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=httpwwwkulanu-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B008PVUKII\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=httpwwwkulanu-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B008PVUKII\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/lemba\/\",\"name\":\"Lemba - 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