▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁Jewish ▁community ▁number ed ▁about ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁sou ls ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁total ▁population ▁of ▁some ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁Gree ks ▁had ▁conquer ed ▁Man isa ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁and ▁when ▁they ▁retre ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁a ▁large ▁confl agr ation ▁destroyed ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁including ▁many ▁Jewish ▁institutions . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁Jews ▁left ▁their ▁community ▁and ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁France , ▁South ▁America , ▁U . S . ▁and ▁Israel . ▁Today , ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁Jews ▁in ▁Man isa . ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁Jewish ▁c em eter ies ▁in ▁Man isa . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁ancient ▁was ▁dam aged ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 8 ▁Tur ko - Russ ian ▁war . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁a ▁wall ▁was ▁built ▁around ▁the ▁second ▁c emetery ▁that ▁was ▁until ▁then ▁an ▁open ▁field . ▁The ▁third ▁was ▁acquired ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁The ▁two ▁ancient ▁c em eter ies ▁have ▁since ▁been ▁destroyed . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁writing ▁his ▁book , ▁Abraham ▁Gal ante ▁could ▁still ▁read ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁ 1 6 th - century ▁tomb st ones . ▁The ▁tomb stone ▁data ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁c emetery ▁has ▁been ▁collected ▁and ▁computer ized ▁by ▁Prof . ▁Min na ▁Ro zen ▁( D ias por a ▁Studies ▁Institute ▁of ▁Tel