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LIBYA

 

THE CEMETERIES


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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