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Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey Records
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Collection Number: U0067
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About the Collection
In 1922, 29 men and women established the Federation of Jewish Charities in Camden City, New Jersey. The group participated in the United Jewish Appeal and Allied Jewish Appeal to solicit money to assist individuals locally in the United States and abroad. Later, after World War II, the Appeal and the Federation assisted in the resettlement of refugees. From that organization grew the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, which supports and oversees cultural heritage, educational, and physical development among the Jewish communities in Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester Counties. Agencies of the Federation include Jewish Community Voice, Katz Jewish Community Center (formerly the Jewish Community Center of Camden County), Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Senior Housing and Healthcare Service, and Samost Jewish Family and Children's Service.
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.
Photos of Collection
30th anniversary invitation, Jewish Federation of Camden County.
Children at Camp Hilltop.
Fundraising letter from the Jewish Community Center Building Fund, 1956.
Related Items
- Alliance Colony Foundation Records (U0085)This collection contains the founding documents, financial records, letters, information of events, and newspaper articles in regard to the Alliance Colony and its descendants.
- Alliance Colony Heritage Collection (U0068)The Alliance Colony was first established in 1882 by Jewish families fleeing oppression in Russia. It is considered the first successful Jewish farming colony in the United States. This collection consists of land records, historical photographs and information (journals, synagogue records, etc.), and family information from the original settlers and their descendants.
- Jewish Community VoiceNewspaper on microfilm (1955-1997), available at the Stockton University Richard E. Bjork Library. (Donated by Jewish Community Voice)
- Structure and Functioning of the American Jewish Community byPublication Date: 1974(Donated by Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey)
- The Jewish Times of South Jersey [Newspaper] (U0099)Ranging from 1998 to 2014, this collection contains full volumes of the newspaper.
- Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey Records (U0067)Scrapbooks, photographs, programs relating to activities conducted by the membership of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, dating from approximately 1949 to 1997. Included is information about the fundraising for the construction of the Jewish Community Centers and the humanitarian efforts to assist survivors of World War II.
- Immigrants to Freedom: Jewish Communities in Rural New Jersey since 1881 byPublication Date: 1971(Donated by Anita Schultz)
- Living on the Land Oral Histories (Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History)"This collection contains oral history interviews conducted for a temporary exhibition called Living on the Land that was on view at the Museum in 1979. In the late nineteenth century, millions of Jewish refugees fled Russia to find new homes due to rising persecution. Most moved to cities and found work in garment trades, manufacturing, or commerce, but some families became farmers in agricultural communities around the world. The interviews in this collection offer insight into the history and culture of the Jewish farming communities of southern New Jersey through the perspectives of those who lived there, including descendants of the earliest founders of Alliance and other towns. Living on the Land featured excerpts from these interviews in wall text, a slide show, and audio clips."
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.