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ecent archaeological exca- in Rhodes, Chios and Kos were
vations carried out at the also found. The vessels indicate
site of the ancient port of the presence of a large Hellenized
Yevneh Yam or Jamnia, population in Jamnia.
just south of Tel Aviv, have re-
One of the most impressive
vived a question
finds from this
that surfaces
period was a
time after time
statuette of a
in archaeological
girl playing a
circles: Just
harp. Among
when did Greek
the other Greek
culture begin to
findings at the
spread into an-
site were ce-
cient Israel and
ramic jars and
the rest of the
two types of oil
Fertile Cres-
lamps of clearly
cent? Although
Greek origin or
it was once as-
inspiration, and
sumed that
potsherds deco-
Greek culture
rated with
became wide- Greek ceramic statuette.
mythological
spread with the
figures in the
conquest of the
red-figure style
Middle East by Alexander the characteristic of the 5th and 4th
Great in 330 BCE, every once in centuries BCE. The discovery of
a while archaeologists unearth an almost whole jug of East
more evidence of pre-Hellenis- Greek character dating back to
tic Greek artifacts, supporting a the 7th century seems to point to-
growing body of evidence that wards even earlier connections
Greek culture had already es- with the Greek world.
tablished itself prior to the "Age
While these artifacts dated pri-
of Alexander." This raises still an- or to the arrival of Alexander the
other question: Who were the res- Great show evidence of a Greek
idents and who were the owners
of these articles unearth after
more than two-and-a half mil-
lennia?
The dig at Yavneh Yam — a
site with a history stretching from
the Bronze Age to the Middle
Ages but almost untouched by ar-
chaeological teams — was head-
ed by Israeli archaelogist Dr. presence, it is still hard to deter-
mine just who had embraced
Moshe Fischer.
Yavneh Yam, or Jamnia, is lo- Greek customs and styles. While
cated on the Mediterrean Coast, findings indicate clear signs of
equidistant from the two ancient brisk trade with the Greek world,
ports of Jaffa and Ashdod. The the question remains — were
settlement's natural harbor was these the belongings of Greek set-
in use during the periods of in- tlers in the East, the possessions
habitance, with underwater ex- of cultural mercenaries imbued
cavations revealing finds dating with Greek culture, or traces of
from the Middle Bronze Age (first the influence or inroads of Greek
half of the second millennium civilizations on local Jewish cul-
ture and artistry? ❑

The dig was headed
by an Israeli
archaeologist.

Hungary Dedicates
New Community Center

New York (JTA) — Exactly 50
years after Nazi forces took con-
trol of Budapest and Adolf Eich-
mann ordered 50,000 Hungarian
Jews to march to Germany as
slave laborers, a Jewish commu-
nity center was festively inaugu-
rated in Hungary's capital.
The newly rebuilt Balint Jew-
ish Community Center of Bu-
dapest is to serve as a social and

educational center for Hungary's
estimated 130,000 Jews.
It contains a library stocked
with books and video and audio
tapes, a teacher resource center
linked by computer to universi-
ties all over the world and an arts
and crafts center.
The community center, with a
10-person staff, also provides
counseling, support groups and