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  • 131CRIMEAN AFFAIR — Name used to refer to the closed antisemitic trial of the jewish anti fascist committee (JAC) held in Moscow from May to July 1952. One of the pretexts may have been a memorandum presented in the summer of 1944 by members of the Committee to the… …

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  • 132CYPRUS — CYPRUS, an island in the eastern Mediterranean, opposite the coast of northern Syria; c. 40 mi. south of Turkey and c. 65 mi. west of Syria. Ancient Period According to many scholars, the name Alashiya (Elishah, אֱלִישָׁה Gen. 10:4; I Chron. 1:7; …

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