AMRUS Jewish Population in 1906 - 2,000. Source: Harvey E.
Goldberg: The Book of Mordechai - A Study of the Jews of Libya. p. 170.
Selections from writings of Mordechai Hakohen (1856-1929).
BENGHAZI "In the [Jewish] cemetery there are no engraved
markers." " Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: The Book of
Mordechai - A Study of the Jews of Libya. p. 170. Selections from writings
of Mordechai Hakohen (1856-1929).
Jewish Population in 1906 - 1,200. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg ib. p 170
DERNA Jewish Population in 1906 - 340. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg:
ib. p. 170.
JABAL NAFUSA (Atlas Mountains)
al-Gmamish, Ghuryan District. "....one can find a
Jewish cemetery." Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: The Book of
Mordechai - A Study of the Jews of Libya. p. 139. Selections from writings
of Mordechai Hakohen (1856-1929) Ghuryan. Jewish Population in
1906 - 800. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg ib. p 170. Haraba, near
Serus. "There are also [remnants of] synagogues
and Jewish cemeteries which are considered sacred by local Arabs. Many Hebrew
inscriptions, both engraved and in the relief, but unadorned can be found on
tombstones and elsewhere." Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: ib.
p. 67. . Jado. "There is a ruined cave
in Jado, and local tradition holds that it was once a synagogue of the Jews.
Jewish cemeteries can also be found there, but most of them are farmed by the
Berbers." Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: ib. p. 64.
Jehisha, Ghuryan District. " To this day, one can
find remains and traces of the synagogue and Jewish cemetery there." Source:
Harvey E. Goldberg: ib. p. 139. Rehibat.
"... and also a group of five town called Hrab a-Sabbata
(the Sabbath Ruins) because those towns were inhabited by Jews who observed the
Sabbath. ......Jewish cemeteries, also found there, are considered sacred by
local Arabs." Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: ib. p. 66. Ulad 'Atiya (sons of Atiya), near Rejban and Wadi Metlala.
"This town belonged to the Jewish family Atiya.
The remains of a synagogue, as well as those of a Jewish cemetery, can be found
there. The local inhabitants say many Jews lived in the city." Source:
Harvey E. Goldberg: ib. p. 62. Yefren (Yafran).
"The Jews of Yefren dwell in three villages...
al-Qsir....Me-aniyin... Disir....In the other places in Yefren there was once a
large number of Jewish inhabitants, but now there is no trace of them, except
for there cemeteries and place names." Source: Harvey E.
Goldberg: ib. p. 75.
Jewish Population in 1906 - 2,000. Source: ib. p 170
KHOMS Jewish Population in 1906 - 400. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg
ib. p 170.
MESALLATA Jewish Population in 1906 - 700. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg ib. p
170.
MISRATAH (Misurata) Jewish Population in 1906 - 900. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: The Book of
Mordechai - A Study of the Jews of Libya. p. 170. Selections from writings
of Mordechai Hakohen (1856-1929). Matin Quarter.
"No one knows when the cemetery was founded." "In
1898, the Jews experienced a reawakening and built a wall around the cemetery."
Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: ib. p. 160. Khalfon
District. "The [Jewish] cemetery was in part
taken over by the Mohammedans and incorporated into their cultivated fields."
Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: ib. p. 151.
MESALLATA Jewish Population in 1906 - 700. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg ib. p
170.
SIRTE Jewish Population in 1906 - 50. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg:
ib. p. 170.
TAJURA Jewish Population in 1906 - 140. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg
ib. p 170.
TRIPOLI:
Jewish Population in 1906 - 15,000. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: The Book of
Mordechai - A Study of the Jews of Libya" p. 170. Selections from writings
of Mordechai Hakohen (1856-1929).
"The city of Tripoli recently built a new highway and a harbor over and around a large Jewish cemetery. The desecrated land contained the Tripolitanian Jews, as well as the bodies of Jewish soldiers who fell fighting with the Eighth Army's Jewish units in World War II." Source: Freedman, Warren. World Guide for the Jewish Traveler. NY: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984. Source: Bernard Kouchel: koosh@worldnet.att.net [March 1994]
ZANZUR Jewish Population in 1906 - 400. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg:
The Book of Mordechai - A Study of the Jews of Libya. p. 170. Selections
from writings of Mordechai Hakohen (1856-1929).
ZAWIA Jewish Population in 1906 - 600. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg:
ib. p. 170.
ZLITEN Jewish Population in 1906 - 640. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg:
ib. p. 170.
ZUARA Jewish Population in 1906 - 40. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg:
ib. p. 170.
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