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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.
Alliance Colony and Alliance Land Trust (ALT) excerpt from the 1912 publication of The American Jewish Year Book 5673. "History of Alliance, New Jersey: First Jewish Agricultural Settlement in the United States" by Judge I. Harry Levin.
The Alliance Heritage Center of Stockton University is dedicated to preserving the history of the Alliance Colony, the first successful Jewish agricultural community in the U.S., and telling the stories of the families who lived there.
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 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 deHirsch fund, formed The Alliance Colony in South NJ, the first Jewish agricultural community in North America. The colonists farmed successfully for several decades.
The Alliance Heritage Center is dedicated to preserving the history of the Alliance Colony and telling the stories of the families who lived there. As we continue to grow, we remain amazed at the narratives of the early settlers and their descendants.
