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Jaffa oranges also made their way to
the United States and to Detroit, where

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awaited their arrival. Indeed, evidence
of this can be found in the archives of

grown worldwide annually. Americans
alone eat about 10 pounds per person

the Detroit Jewish News. The IN noted
that the first Jaffa oranges had arrived in

each year.

Detroit in 1961, and

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1800s, Jaffa oranges take their name from
the city of Jaffa, from which the oranges

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exported. Indeed, oranges are
leading export today.
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For the Jewish community, buying
Jaffa oranges was more than just the
purchase of tasty fruit. Any sales of the

oranges also supported and strengthened
the Israeli economy and state.
Jaffa oranges are hard to find in

Detroit these

days. Most oranges in
the United States hail from Florida or

California. After World War II, there

was

tremendous

growth in the cultiva­

oranges. Moreover, about 70 percent of

even

and most of us

are now

eating domestic

the orange juice we drink for breakfast is
from Florida.

Jaffa oranges became prized in many
parts of Europe. By the early decades

So, an orange is not just an orange.
The orange you eat represents a multi­
billion -dollar global industry. And, if you

of the 20th century, exports of crates of
oranges from Jaffa were in the tens of

have had a Jaffa orange lately, you are
eating a very delicious, famous fruit, and

millions.

in turn,

Jaffa oranges, however, had another
role other than simply being a tasty cit­

fruit. For many years, these oranges
formed the basis of the Israeli economy.

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Many of the first Jews who immigrat­
early
20th centuries, in partnership with Arab
farmers, began to plant orange trees or

ed to Palestine in the late 19th and

work in the groves. Most significant,
these early Jewish settlers introduced

irrigation and other scientific agricul­
tural methods to the process of growing

oranges. Production soared.
By 1939, Arab and Jewish orange
orchards covered 75,000 acres ofland

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same year, the headline for the Dexter
Davidson Markets was "Jaffa Oranges

the 1890s, Jaffa oranges were the preemi­
nent orange sold in British grocery stores

and

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kets' owned by AI Borman. In April that

tion of citrus fruits in these two states,

found their way to Queen
Victoria's table. From this time forward,

1755 Melton Rd.

by 1962, it reported
that the first Jaffa oranges found their
way to Detroit's "Food Fair" supermar­

exports grew from 200,000 oranges in
1845 to 38 million oranges by 1870. By

and had

Birmingham, Mi. 48009

city's Jewish community eagerly

Almost everyone likes oranges, and
more than 60 million tons of oranges are

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by mail order, online and in

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and the foundation of Israel's first

omy. By the 1950s, a Jaffa orange had
become the emblem of the Israeli state.

many convenience stores,
gas stations.

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when Israel was founded, the Jaffa
orange was that nation's leading export

So, what is the big deal about
We can buy oranges in any gro­

cery store,

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Jaffa?

World War II, despite rising political
difficulties in the post-war era, by 1948

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