THE LAND WAS THEIRS: JEWISH FARMERS IN THE GARDEN STATE.
Tuscaloosa: University Of Alabama Press. 1992. Item #22318
ISBN: 0817305440. 8vo. Xvi, 251 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - New Jersey - Farmingdale - history; Jews - colonization - New Jersey - Farmingdale - history; Jewish farmers - New Jersey - Farmingdale - case studies; Jewish farmers - New Jersey - Farmingdale - biography; Farmingdale (N. J. ) -- ethnic relations. SERIES: Judaic studies series; Variation: Judaic studies series (Unnumbered) . "New Jersey granted religious tolerance to its citizens as early as 1665, and the state constitution of 1844 abolished all religious qualifications for voting and holding public office. Although the first organized Jewish communities in New Jersey were not established until the middle of the 19th century, Jewish merchants from Philadelphia and New York conducted business in the state as early as the 17th century. " In the late 1800s, most of the Jews in New Jersey were of German descent, but the following decades brought many Eastern European and some Middle Eastern Jewish immigrants to the area. As European and American Zionists searched for solutions, some of New Jersey's Jews, as elsewhere, turned to agriculture, with the Alliance Israélite Universelle and the Baron de Hirsch Fund. In later years, New Jersey's Jewish communities grew as former residents of New York City sought the suburbs. As of 2001, there were about 485, 000 Jews living in New Jersey, the Garden State; most are located in the north-eastern corner, near New York City. (EJ, 2007) Fine condition. (ComHist-16-11).
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