Given a sentence in German, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

Example input: Die NBA-Saison 1975 - 76 war die 30. Saison der National Basketball Association.
Example output: The 1975 -- 76 season of the National Basketball Association was the 30th season of the NBA .
Example explanation: This is a correct and accurate translation from German to English because the translated paraphrase retains the main message that between the years 1975-1976, the 30th NBA season occurred.
Q: Eine mittelgroße mazedonische jüdische Gemeinde ist an der Mittelmeerküste, vor allem in Nordisrael und im Gush Dan, sehr lange präsent.
A:
A small-medium Macedonian Jewish community has a very long presence on the Mediterranean coast , especially in Gush Dan and northern Israel .