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

一个中等的马其顿犹太人社区在地中海沿岸有很长的存在，特别是在以色列北部和Gush Dan。
A small-medium Macedonian Jewish community has a very long presence on the Mediterranean coast , especially in Gush Dan and northern Israel .

它覆盖着肥沃的红土基地的草原天然植被，以及肥沃土壤上的Saltbush丛林。
It is covered with a natural vegetation of grassland of less fertile red clay soils , and saltbush shrubland on more fertile earths .

旧的高中成为高中，而新的大楼变成了低等学校。

The old grammar school became the Upper School while the new building became the Lower School .