DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
DescriptionThis photograph portrays members of Congregation Ahavath Achim B'nai Israel Synagogue in Irvington, NJ. A handwritten caption on the back says, "Remembering 40 years back! Bottom Row: Betty Kesner,...
DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...
DescriptionThis comments paper by Caroline Golab, an Assistant Professor of History and Urban Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, is from 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth...
DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later the Borough of Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of...
DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later the Borough of Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban, Jewish garment workers, many of...
DescriptionThe federal government created Jersey Homesteads as part of a New Deal initiative. It was unique because it was the only community planned as an agro-industrial cooperative that included a farm,...