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The Alliance Colony was a Jewish agricultural community that was founded on May 10, 1882, in Pittsgrove Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It was named after the Alliance Israélite Universelle of Paris and was funded by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of New York and Philadelphia [ 1 ] and The Baron De Hirsch Fund.
The Alliance Colony, founded in 1882, was the first successful Jewish agricultural community in America. With the support of Jewish philanthropists, colonists who escaped the brutal pogroms of czarist Russia settled in South Jersey.
The Alliance Colony-A Brief History. Founded on May 10, 1882, by 43 original families—soon joined by many more—the Alliance Colony formed the first successful Jewish agricultural colony in the United States.
Geni - The Alliance Colony Project. "First Chapter In A New Book: The Story of Brotmanville and the Alliance Colonies of Southern New Jersey" video by Rich Brotman. Jewish Agriculturalism in the United States Rutgers Exhibit.
The full-length documentary, ALLIANCE, tells this unique true story of family, immigration, connection, and growth. This film looks at the foundational history of the Alliance Colony, the first successful Jewish farming community in the United States.
In 1882 a group of 43 Jewish families emigrated from Russia to escape persecution and, aided by the Baron de Hirsch fund, formed The Alliance Colony in South NJ, the first Jewish agricultural community in North America.
Jul 16, 2020 · The Forgotten History of Ohio’s Indigenous Peoples - Midstory. As landmark cases are won for Native American communities in federal courts, we examine the native populations that once inhabited (and, in some cases, still inhabit) what is known today as the Toledo region and the state of Ohio.
