Alliance Colony in New Jersey

Date: 1882 [unknown]
Location: Salem, New Jersey, United States
Surnames/tags: New Jersey Jewish Roots

Contents 1 Summary 2 People 3 Other Notes 4 Sources

Summary

The Alliance Colony was a historic Jewish settlement and farming movement founded in Salem County, New Jersey. Many families had recently fled Russia, some stopping in New York first, and lived in crowded areas there. With backing from Maurice de Hirsch, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of New York and Pennsylvania, and the Alliance Israélite Universelle, they began to farm in Pittsgrove Township, Salem County in 1882. The community thrived for several decades, but eventually diminished as people moved, and it was difficult to make a living. At one point there were 4 synagogues; today one remains, Tiphereth Israel. Other surviving features are the home of Moses Bayuk, and Alliance Cemetery.

See a sampling of photos at JewishGen - Alliance

There is a small group aiming to revitalize the community; see Alliance Community Reboot.

People

The First Settlers of Alliance, NJ, who arrived in 1882, list by Jana Perskie: ^[1]

1. Eli & Ethel Abramowitz
2. Eli & Feigeh Bakerman
3. Moses Bayuk & Ethel Bayuk
4. Abraham & Channah Leah Berman
5. William & Beckie Cohen
6. Hersh & Jennie Coltun
7. Joseph & Rachel Diamond
8. Jacob & Rebecca Ecoff and son Marcus
9. Chaim & Bessie Goldman
10. Nissan & Molka Greenspan
11. Abraham & Duba Grutsky
12. Simcha & Sarah Helig
13. Joseph & Yenta Kleinfield
14. William & Lizzie Kolman
15. Zurach & Esther Konowitz
16. Hersh & Rivka Kutzibow
17. Isaac & Golda Krassenstein
18. Labe & Bayla Kuden
19. Simcha & Pearl Luborsky
20. Israel Hersh & Esther Levin
21. Leapa & Toba Levinsky
22. Berel & Leah Levinson
23. Labe & Toba Riva Levinson
24. Henry & Rose Levy
25. Sholom & Pearl Luberoff
26. Chaim & Sarah Mennies
27. Labe & Rachel Moyd
28. Israel & Feigeh Opachinsky
29. Lazar & Mindel Perskie
30. Jacob & Golda Rosenberg
31. Yonah & Anna Rosenfeld
32. Jacob & Anna Rosinsky
33. Joseph & Feigeh Rothman
34. Joseph & Deborah Rudnick
35. Solomon & Frima Salonsky
36. Moshe & Ruchel Serebrenick
37. Chaim Hersh & Sima Liba Silberstein
38. Hersh & Rose Silberman
39. Lazar & Bessie Staver
40. Eli & Riva Gitel Stavitsky
41. Moses & Bayla Strasnik
42. Pesi & Brucha Tolchinsky
43. Naphtula & Deborah Yosep
44. Joseph & Rose Zager

Later families:

• Greenblatt family: Lillian (Greenblatt) Braun

Other Notes

Quote from 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer article: ^[2]

"Most of the Alliance immigrants were subsistence farmers who grew produce and raised chickens, and who worked off-season in local cranberry bogs and clothing factories, he said.

As the decades passed, the Jewish community spread from the small homes of the Alliance Colony to nearby Vineland, where the Jewish population had risen to almost 12,000 after World War II, Wisemayer said.

Today, that number is down to 1,100 in all of Salem and Cumberland counties."

I started this space page in 2021 during the Wikitree Challenge week focused on Jarret Ross. His relatives are the Ecoffs.Weatherall-96 00:09, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Persky/Perskie Family Home Page https://www.jewishgen.org/family/perskyperskifamily.html
2. ↑ "Project would restore historic Jewish site". by Jason Nark. 21 Mar 2009. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania USA. Archived Link

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Colony
• https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1265-alliance

See also:

• Alliance Cemetery in Norma, New Jersey https://alliance.cemsites.com
• Baron Hirsch Community
• Alliance Colony Reboot Video by Jarrett Ross