August 02, 1974 • Page Image 10
…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-c...…














































