Anna*** Jewish History for August 28 A Jewish agricultural colony was established in New Jersey, 1891. This was one of several attempts at Jewish settlement in the Americas. The failure of most of these projects confirmed the view that Jews needed a historical and religious link to the soil upon which they would work in order for them to succeed. Peter Stuyvesant barred Jews from military service- 1655. Note: Peter Stuyvesant (1610-1672), Dutch director general of the New Netherland colony in America, was compelled to surrender his colony to England.
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