Cyprus in Jewish History; Number Declines NEW YORK (JTA) — At different times the island of Cyprus (probably the "Ali- shiya" or "Elishah" men- tioned a number of times in the Bible), played an impor- tant role in Jewish history, according to a special report prepared for the JTA by Dr. Frederick Lachman, execu- tive editor of the Encyclo- pedia Judaica. After World War II the British government forcibly transferred many thousands of the so-called "illegal" im- migrants, who tried to reach Palestine, to detention camps in Cyprus. Their total num- ber from 1946 to 1948 was 51,500. With the establish- ment of the state of Israel, they were quickly absorbed in the mainstream of the mass immigration which be- gan to arrive in the country. In 1951 the Jewish popula- tion of Cyprus numbered 165 persons, and by 1970 there were only 25 Jews left on the island. Jewish settlement on the island began during the 3rd Century BCE under Ptolo- maic rule. In 142 BCE, the Romans sent letters to Cyprus requesting that the rights of the Jews be safe- g u a r de d. The historian Josephus refers to flourishing Jewish settlements, and Has- monean coins have been dis- covered on the island. King Herod. received from Augus- tus a portion of the revenue from Cyprus' copper mines, and his granddaughter, Alex- andra, married an aristocra- tic Jew, Timius of Cyprus. Under Trajan, probably in 116/7 CE, the Jews of Cy- prus, together with those of Cyrene, Mesopotamia and Egypt revolted for causes which are not clear, and it is reported that the Jews of Cyprus killed 240,000 people and destroyed the city of Salamis. After the revolt was suppressed, Jews were strict- ly forbidden to set foot on the island, but during the 3rd Century the Jews had resettled in Cyprus, accord- ing to the authoritative En- cyclopedia Judaica. In the eart 7th Cen-, tury there was a large Jew- ish community in Fama- gusta, and other large com- munities developed later in Nicosia. Paphos and Lima- sol. Jews, however, were discriminated against by law, and in the 14th Century they had to wear the distinguish- ing yellow badge. An attempt in 1568 to foment a rebellion on the island, a Venetian possession, in favor of the Turks was attributed to the statesman Joseph Nasi. Thanks to the efforts of Solo- mon Ashkenazi, a peace treaty was signed in 1573 be- tween Venice and Turkey, the latter having conquered the island in 1571. In 1878 Benjamin Disraeli succeeded in placing Cyprus under British administration. Between 1883 and 1897 there were attempts to settle Jews from Romania on the island. In the early 1900s, Herzl dis- cussed with Chamberlain a plan to settle Jews in Cyprus, but without success. Between 1933 and 1939 Cyprus was a sanctuary for 500 Jewish refugees from Germany. In 1960 diplomatic relations were established on an am- bassadorial level, but the government of Cyprus as- sumed a complex and some- times contradictory attitude in its relations with Israel; at the United Nations its representatives mostly sided with the Arab states, and simultaneously Cyprus fos- tered mass tourism from Is- rael and developed satisfac- tory trade relations and technical cooperation. 10—Friday, August 4 01 74 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israel Successful at W. German Fair JERUSALEM — The eight Israeli firms who exhibited at the Interstoff Textiles Fair in Frankfurt reported favor- able response. The federal republic is Is- rael's second biggest trading partner after the United States. About 66,000 of Israel's 3,500,000 population work in the textile industry. The pres- ident of the Israeli Textile Industry, Dov Jacobovitz, said in a newspaper inter- view that he expected Is- rael's exports to the Federal Republic to increase by be- tween 10 and 20 per cent. Israel exported ready-to- wear clothes, including leatherware, materials, fibers and threads, worth DM 53,- POE 0(1 n, 000,000 to the federal repub- lic. F a b r i c s, fibers and threads accounted for 12,- 100,000. 26001 COOLIDGE HWY OAK PARK 543-3343 For the Most Elegant Bar Mitzva Suits in Town with the Finest Fit Slims and Huskies Too! PLUS all the latest Fashions for men 8 to 80! .Old Orchard Shopping Plaza 'Maple at Orchard lake Rds. 851-3660 —West Bloornfiel - Mon., Thurs.. Fr, 9.9 Tues.. Wed.. Sot ..M 6 ForYoung Mon Eight to Eighty 7 Mile and Evergreen KE 3-4310 — Detroit Thurs.. Fn. fil 9 Saturday til 7:3b id MASTER CHARGE BANK AMERICARD PRINCETON CHARGE Israel Donates Medical Aid, Plasma for Cyprus War Victims TEL AVIV (JTA)—A spe- cial Red Cross chartered plane arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport and picked up a con- signment of 51/2 tons of medi- cal supplies `or victims of the Cyprus war. The consignment was pre- pared by the Israeli Red Magen David Association On July 24, the Red Magen David Blood Center shipped to Cyprus 100 units of blood plasma needed urgently for treating wounded persons. The blood units were do- nated by Israelis especially for victims of the Cyprus war. The end of major fighting in Cyprus and use of a new route recommended by the International Air Transport Association made possible resumption of all regular flights to Israel. A Swiss Airlines plane was the first to land July 24 via the new route, with planes of Scandinavian Airlines and other overseas companies fol- lowing. Prior to the outbreak of the Cyprus war, flights to and from Israel were made on a beam from the Nicosia control tower, which was Israeli Athletes Guarded in Norway OSLO (JTA)—Norway pro- vided tight police protection for the Israeli swimming team participating in the International Swimming Corn- petition here. Armed policemen in uni- form were stationed around the swimming pool and out- • side the building where the events were taking place, in order to prevent possible ter- rorist attacks against the team members. knocked out, apparently damaged in the fighting. The new route recom- mended by IATA has been in use by El Al since the invasion of Cyprus by Turk- fth forces when the inter- national airlines discontinued scheduled services to Israel and in part to Lebanon. El Al reported a spRial flight to the British base at Akrotiri in Cyprus where it picked up 60 Israeli tourists and -families of diplomats still stranded at the base. JVS-Sponsored Addict Aid Project Adopted by Newark NEWARK (JTA) — The Jewish Vocational Service of Metropolitan New Jersey de- veloped a vocational rehabil- itation program for former drug addicts which has been so successful that it has been taken over as the official re- habilitation phase of Newark city's new Multi-Phasic Drug Treatment Center. The project, called Work Oriented Rehabilitation Com- munity (WORTC) was a three-year experiment start- ed in 1971 at the request of the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Region II of the Rehabilita- tion Services Administration of the federal Department of Health, Education and Wel- fare, and the city of Newark, according to the Newark Jewish News. The program was coordi- nated, staffed and adminis- tered by JVS, a beneficiary of the United Jewish Appeal of Metropolitan New Jersey, as the vocational service of Integrity House, a drug re- habilitation treatment cen- ter, which houses 170 for- mer addicts. e join Joe Forbes in supporting* Jim Blanchard for U.S. Congress State Rep. Joe Forbest believes that Jim Blanchard best understands — and will best be able to do something about — the issues which are of utmost concern to all of us: inflation, tax reform, crime, education, the need for a national energy policy, concern for Israel. We agree. 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