Group of Homesteads on West Irving Avenue at Carmel

Migdal Zophim &
Farming in the Jewish
Colonies of South Jersey

Migdal Zophim & Farming in the Jewish Colonies of South Jersey

By Moses Klein and others

This Alliance Heritage Center publication pairs Moses Klein’s important 1889 essay collection Midgal Zophim with contemporary reports on life in the colonies of Alliance, Rosenhayn, and Carmel from 1882 to 1907. It provides a detail-filled window into the early struggles and ultimate successes of these heroic settlers in South Jersey. The title is available through Amazon or by contacting the Alliance Heritage Center.

xxiv + 266 pages, photographs, paperback.

ISBN: 978-1-9478898-9-7. $19.95

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The photographs below, made just eight years after the founding of Alliance, were first published in black and white in Migdal Zophim. The colorized versions here hint at the appearance of these farming communities.

Cover of the Migdal Zophim and Farming in the Jewish Colonies of South Jersey book, blackberries

Front view of the school house at Rosenhayn with a crowd gathered outside

A close up view of the crowd gathered outside the school house

Street view of the Synagogue, School House, and Butcher Shop

View in the town centre at Carmel—East Irving Avenue

Front view of the Tiphereth Israel Synagogue at Alliance

Tailors working at “Castle Garden” at Rosenhayn

Outside view of the Synagogue Eben Ha ‘Ezer at Alliance

Mr. Josum’s Homestead (one of the original settlers) at Rosenhayn

Mr. Steinberg’s Farm, adjoining the Eben Ha ’Ezer Synagogue at Alliance

Mr. Miller’s Residence and the Post-Office and the Library

General View of Irving Avenue at Carmel.

Interior of the Synagogue Eben Ha ‘Ezer at Alliance

Jewish Homesteads on Miller Avenue, South Carmel

Group of farm houses on Second Street at Carmel

A Typical FarmHouse (Mr. Gerson’s) at Rosenhayn

Group of School Children at the School House at Carmel