The Federation of Jewish Agencies Scrapbook Collection
- Collection GuideFinding aid to the collection.
Collection number: U0099
For further details on the collection please utilize the collection guide. Please note this collection is not currently digitized. To view the collection, please make an appointment to visit Special Collections.
About the Collection
The Federation of Jewish Agencies was founded in March 1936, with the purpose of assisting the United Jewish Appeal by creating campaigns and taking donations within Atlantic City. In March 1982, the organization expanded to include Atlantic and Cape May counties. Their name was updated to the Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties, and their new purpose was to assist their local Jewish communities and all Jews through organized donations.
The Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties is still an active organization. More information can be found at https://jewishbytheshore.org/
This collection was obtained in 2022 through a donation from the Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties. It contains scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, letters, booklets, and photos from 1946 to 1981. The materials contain information about Atlantic City's Jewish community as well as national and global news from the time period.
Most of the content is related to the creation and funding of Israel or the general Jewish community of Atlantic City. However, the collection also includes content about Holocaust remembrance, antisemitism in the Soviet Union and United States, Women's Rights, and the Civil Rights Movement.
From the Collection
Books 9 & 10
Book 17
Book 23
Book 8
Book 23
Book 14
Book 23
Book 12
Book 31
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- Immigrants to Freedom: Jewish Communities in Rural New Jersey since 1881 byPublication Date: 1971(Donated by Anita Schultz)
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- The Jewish Times of South Jersey [Newspaper] (U0099)Ranging from 1998 to 2014, this collection contains full volumes of the newspaper.
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- Structure and Functioning of the American Jewish Community byPublication Date: 1974(Donated by Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey)
Copyright Notice
Stockton University does not own the rights to all of the items within this collection. Any researcher seeking to duplicate items within this collection are responsible for reaching out to the proper organizations to obtain permission or copyright on their own.