Viola in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Immigrant Jewish Farmers
Photographed By Don Morfe, November 10, 2019
1. Immigrant Jewish Farms Marker
Inscription.
Immigrant Jewish Farmers. . Delaware’s first Jewish farmers, Isaac and Ida Beinoff, settled here in 1897. Like those to follow, they were recent immigrants fleeing poverty and oppression in their native Russia. Between 1912 and 1929, the Jewish Agriculture Society, based in New York City, provided loans to the Beinoffs and other Jewish farmers who moved to Kent County as part of a national “back-to-soil” movement. After World War II, the Jewish farmers remaining in the area contributed to the organization of the Jewish community in southern Delaware and the establishment of the first synagogue in Dover.
Delaware’s first Jewish farmers, Isaac and Ida Beinoff, settled here in 1897. Like those to follow, they were recent immigrants fleeing poverty and oppression in their native Russia. Between 1912 and 1929, the Jewish Agriculture Society, based in New York City, provided loans to the Beinoffs and other Jewish farmers who moved to Kent County as part of a national “back-to-soil” movement. After World War II, the Jewish farmers remaining in the area contributed to the organization of the Jewish community in southern Delaware and the establishment of the first synagogue in Dover.
Erected 1997 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number KC-58.)
Location. 39° 2.544′ N, 75° 35.49′ W. Marker is in Viola, Delaware, in Kent County. Marker is on Kersey Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 154 Kersey Road, Viola DE 19979, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 210 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2019, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
