Jewish South Jersey

Author : Leonard F. Vernon,Allen Meyers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0738550027

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Jewish South Jersey by Leonard F. Vernon,Allen Meyers Pdf

Initial Jewish settlements in South Jersey emerged in the mid-19th century and offered a safe haven for people to re-create strong families and practice religion freely, without fear of government-sponsored violence. Looking for work, German Jews first migrated from their community in Philadelphia to Trenton, and then spread south to Wildwood. Although Jewish settlers were mainly known as merchants and shop owners, many towns also boast the development of the Jewish farmer. While agriculture would eventually be abandoned in favor of manufacturing, there were many extremely successful and historically significant Jewish farms that flourished in the south. Now, of course, people of the Hebrew faith are productive players in every walk of life. Jewish South Jersey touches on the many contributions made by Jewish people in the southern part of the Garden State.

Author : Leonard F. Vernon,Allen Meyers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781439618615

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Jewish South Jersey by Leonard F. Vernon,Allen Meyers Pdf

Initial Jewish settlements in South Jersey emerged in the mid-19th century and offered a safe haven for people to re-create strong families and practice religion freely, without fear of government-sponsored violence. Looking for work, German Jews first migrated from their community in Philadelphia to Trenton, and then spread south to Wildwood. Although Jewish settlers were mainly known as merchants and shop owners, many towns also boast the development of the Jewish farmer. While agriculture would eventually be abandoned in favor of manufacturing, there were many extremely successful and historically significant Jewish farms that flourished in the south. Now, of course, people of the Hebrew faith are productive players in every walk of life. Jewish South Jersey touches on the many contributions made by Jewish people in the southern part of the Garden State.

Author : Ellen Eisenberg
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815626630

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Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey, 1882-1920 by Ellen Eisenberg Pdf

Most of the synagogues are gone; a temple has been converted into a Baptist church. There is little indication to the passerby that the southern New Jersey’s Salem and Cumberland counties once contained active Jewish colonies—the largest and most successful in fact, of the settlement experiments undertaken by Russian-Jewish immigrants in America during the late nineteenth century. Ellen Eisenberg’s work focuses on the transformation of these colonies over a period of four decades, from agrarian, communal colonies to private mixed industrial-agricultural communities. The colonies grew out of the same “back to the land” sentiment that led to the development of the first modern Jewish agricultural settlements in Palestine. Founded in 1882, the settlements survived for over thirty years. The community of Alliance’s population alone grew to nearly 1000 by 1908.Originally established as socialistic agrarian settlements by young idealists from the Russian Jewish Am Olam movement, the colonies eventually became dependent on industrial employment, based on private ownership. The early independent, ideological settlers ultimately clashed with the financial sponsors and the migrants they recruited, who did not share the settlers’ communitarian and agrarian goals.

Author : William Stainsby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Agricultural colonies
ISBN : PRNC:32101072333683

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The Jewish Colonies of South Jersey by William Stainsby Pdf

Author : Maxine N. Lurie,Marc Mappen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813533254

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Encyclopedia of New Jersey by Maxine N. Lurie,Marc Mappen Pdf

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Garden State can now be found in one place. This encyclopaedia contains a wealth of information from New Jersey's prehistory to the present covering architecture, arts, biographies, commerce, arts, municipalities and much more.

Author : Philip Reuben Goldstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015018018856

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Social Aspects of the Jewish Colonies of South Jersey by Philip Reuben Goldstein Pdf

Author : Norman Drachler
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Jewish religious education
ISBN : 0814323537

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A Bibliography of Jewish Education in the United States by Norman Drachler Pdf

This book contains entries from thousands of publications whether in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and German-books, research reports, educational and general periodicals, synagogue histories, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and encyclopedias-on all aspects of Jewish education from pre-school through secondary education.

Author : Patricia M. Ard,Michael Aaron Rockland
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0813530121

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The Jews of New Jersey by Patricia M. Ard,Michael Aaron Rockland Pdf

Jews have called New Jersey home since the late seventeenth century, and they currently make up almost 6 percent of the states residents. Yet, until now, no book has paid tribute to the richness of Jewish heritage in the Garden State. The Jews of New Jersey: A Pictorial History redresses this lack with a lively narrative and hundreds of archival and family photographsmany rarethat bring this history to life. Patricia Ard and Michael Rockland focus on representative Jewish communities throughout the state, paying particular attention to the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Through the joys and struggles of homemakers, storekeepers, factory workers, athletes, children, farmers, activists, religious leaders, and Holocaust survivors, the authors tell the stories of how these communities have evolved, thrived, and changed. They note the difficulties posed by intermarriage and assimilation and, at the same time, depict a burgeoning revival of Jewish orthodoxy and traditions. The Jews of New Jersey will please both the historian and general reader. Its heartwarming stories and pictures truly make the point that it is through the joys, triumphs, and defeats of everyday people that history is made.

Author : Moses Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1947889893

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Migdal Zophim by Moses Klein Pdf

Contemporary descriptions of the Jewish farming communities of southern New Jersey dating from 1882 to 1907. The colonies of Alliance, Rosenhayn and Carmel are the focus of this work.

Author : Jeffrey S. Gurock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136675003

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American Jewish Life, 1920-1990 by Jeffrey S. Gurock Pdf

This volume contains articles on Jewish life from 1920 to the present. Its entries include studies of the economy and migration in postwar America, the impact of Holocaust survivors on American Society and the reaction to gender stereotypes within American Culture.

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319706634

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American Jewish Year Book 2017 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin Pdf

The American Jewish Year Book, now in its 117th year, is the annual record of the North American Jewish communities and provides insight into their major trends. The first chapter of Part I is an examination of how American Jews fit into the US religious landscape, based on Pew Research Center studies. The second chapter examines intermarriage. Chapters on “The Domestic Arena” and “The International Arena” analyze the year’s events as they affect American Jewish communal and political affairs. Three chapters analyze the demography and geography of the US, Canada, and world Jewish populations. Part II provides lists of Jewish institutions, including federations, community centers, social service agencies, national organizations, synagogues, Hillels, day schools, camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. The final chapters present national and local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; academic resources, including Jewish Studies programs, books, journals, articles, websites, and research libraries; and lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries.

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319245058

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American Jewish Year Book 2015 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin Pdf

This Year Book, now in its 115th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities and is the Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities. The first two chapters of Part I examine Jewish immigrant groups to the US and Jewish life on campus. Chapters on “National Affairs” and “Jewish Communal Affairs” analyze the year’s events. Three chapters analyze the demography and geography of the US, Canada, and world Jewish populations. Part II provides Jewish Federations, Jewish Community Centers, social service agencies, national organizations, overnight camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. The final chapters present national and local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; academic resources, including Jewish Studies Programs, books, articles websites, and research libraries; and lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries. For those interested in the North American Jewish community—scholars, service providers, volunteers—this volume undoubtedly provides the single best source of information on the structure, dynamics, and ongoing religious, political, and social challenges confronting the community. It should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in monitoring the dynamics of change in the Jewish communities of North America. Sidney Goldstein, Founder and Director, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, and Alice Goldstein, Population Studies and Traini ng Center, Brown University The American Jewish Year Book is a unique and valuable resource for Jewish community professionals. It is part almanac, directory, encyclopedia and all together a volume to have within easy reach. It is the best, concise diary of trends, events, and personalities of interest for the past year. We should all welcome the Year Book’s publication as a sign of vitality for the Jewish community. Brenda Gevertz, Executive Director, JPRO Network, the Jewish Professional Resource Organization

Author : Seth Stern
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781978831636

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Speaking Yiddish to Chickens by Seth Stern Pdf

Most of the roughly 140,000 Holocaust survivors who came to the United States in the first decade after World War II settled in big cities such as New York. But a few thousand chose an alternative way of life on American farms. More of these accidental farmers wound up raising chickens in southern New Jersey than anywhere else. Speaking Yiddish to Chickens is the first book to chronicle this little-known chapter in American Jewish history when these mostly Eastern European refugees – including the author’s grandparents - found an unlikely refuge and gateway to new lives in the US on poultry farms. They gravitated to a section of south Jersey anchored by Vineland, a small rural city where previous waves of Jewish immigrants had built a rich network of cultural and religious institutions. This book relies on interviews with dozens of these refugee farmers and their children, as well as oral histories and archival records to tell how they learned to farm while coping with unimaginable grief. They built small synagogues within walking distance of their farms and hosted Yiddish cultural events more frequently found on the Lower East Side than perhaps anywhere else in rural America at the time. Like refugees today, they embraced their new American identities and enriched the community where they settled, working hard in unfamiliar jobs for often meager returns. Within a decade, falling egg prices and the rise of industrial-scale agriculture in the South would drive almost all of these novice poultry farmers out of business, many into bankruptcy. Some hated every minute here; others would remember their time on south Jersey farms as their best years in America. They enjoyed a quieter way of life and more space for themselves and their children than in the crowded New York City apartments where so many displaced persons settled. This is their remarkable story of loss, renewal, and perseverance in the most unexpected of settings. Author Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/YiddishtoChickens)

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira Sheskin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319096230

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American Jewish Year Book 2014 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira Sheskin Pdf

This book, in its 114th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities, examining the recently completed Pew Report (A Portrait of Jewish American), gender in American Jewish life, national and Jewish communal affairs and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals and academic resources as well as Jewish honorees, obituaries and major recent events. It should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers and the press, among others.

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira Sheskin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400752047

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American Jewish Year Book 2012 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira Sheskin Pdf

The 2012 American Jewish Year Book, “The Annual Record of American Jewish Civilization,” contains major chapters on Jewish secularism (Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar), Canadian Jewry (Morton Weinfeld, David Koffman, and Randal Schnoor), national affairs (Ethan Felson), Jewish communal affairs (Lawrence Grossman), Jewish population in the United States (Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky), and World Jewish population (Sergio DellaPergola). These chapters provide insight into major trends in the North American and world Jewish community. The volume also acts as a resource for the American Jewish community and for academics studying that community by supplying obituaries and lists of Jewish Federations, Jewish Community Centers, national Jewish organizations, Jewish overnight camps, Jewish museums, Holocaust museums, local and national Jewish periodicals, Jewish honorees, major recent events in the American Jewish community, and academic journals, articles, websites, and books. The volume should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers, the press, and others interested in American and Canadian Jews.​