Kosins i(osms Biq&TALL Kosins • 559-3900 27881 Southfield Rd. at 11 1/2 Mile Lathrup Village Big & Tall • 569 6930 26300 Southfield Rd. north of 10 1/2 Mile, Lathrup Village - New arrivals at the detention camps are ushered toward the Disinfection Center. A Detention Center: Then And Now Monday-Friday 10-9, Saturday 9-6, Sunday 12 5 - AVA CARMEL Special to The Jewish News To all our clients, friends and neighbors... our wish for a year filled with happiness, health and prosperity. PaineWebber We invest in relationships. 32300 Northwestern Highway, Farmington Hills, MI 48334-1516 1-800-533-1407 nzrizri PIZIO MC5 Best Wishes For A Healthy and Happy New Year jr • * 4 4.1 ' From SPERBER'S KOSHER CARRY-OUT Rita and Marty Jerome 967- 1 16 1 92 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 =L.* ■ ;: w en to the 'right, women to the left. Through the turn- stile. Hand your clothes to the attendant. You'll get them back after you shower. Hurry?' Thus, would-be im- migrants to Palestine were greeted in the detention camp at Atlit in the 1930s and '40s. After a harrowing escape from Nazi Europe in over- crowded, rickety boats, the Jewish refugees — many of them survivors of the Holocaust — had finally reached the shores of Palestine. As they jumped ship and waded jubilantly through the waves to shore, many were seized by British troops and transported by train to Atlit. ' Atlit, whose present popula- tion is 4,500, hugs the Mediterranean shore, sixteen kilometers south of Haifa. Fish restaurants dominate its main street, and like many Israeli towns, it is a blend of turn-of-the-century stone homes, sprawling modern villas and drab row housing. Atlit's history was recently extended 8,000 years back in time with the discovery of a Neolithic village offshore, 10 meters underwater. From the human, animal and vegetable remains, archaeologists deduce that the inhabitants of what has been named Atlit Yam (Hebrew for "sea") were among the earliest humans to practice farming in addition to hunting and fishing. The oldest fresh-water well in the world was recently discovered here, showing that man knew how to tap groundwater much earlier than was formerly thought. As the earth slowly warm- ed and glaciers began to melt, the ocean rose and the village of Atlit Yam was abandoned, the shoreline slowly exten- ding 400 meters inland. Here remains of a Canaanite city have been found, which is thought to be Kartha, men- tioned in the Bible as one of the cities given to the Levites. (Joshua 21:34): A succession of Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Moslems then ruled the coastal plain. In 1217 a splendid Crusader fortress was built at Atlit to welcome pilgrims to the Holy Land. The modern village to Atlit was established in 1903 near the ruins of the fortress, built on land purchased by Baron Edmond de Rothschild. Many immigrants, survivors of the Holocaust, who came by ship, spent time in Atilt. Due to Atlit's proximity to Haifa, the major port of Man- datory Palestine, the British built a detention camp there for "illegal" Jewish im- migrants. Many of the im- migrants, survivors of the Holocaust, who came by ship, spent time in Atlit, waiting for release within the frame- work of the limited immigra- tion quota. In October 1945, a Palmach unit penetrated the camp, liberating over 200 of its occupants. From then on, the British began to ship what they referred to as "il- legal" immigrants to deten- tion camps in Cyprus. There they were to remain until 1948, when they were finally allowed to enter the newly declared State of Israel.