April 17, 2026, Friday 10am with Egg Harbor Township High School
April 22, 2026, Wednesday 5:15pm with Stockton
April 26, 2026, Sunday 11am
April 29, 2026, Wednesday 1:30pm with Brooklyn Yeshiva class
June 4, 2026, Thursday with guest speaker Josh Cutler author of The Seventy Shuls
August 2, 2026, Sunday with guest speaker Yadidya Greenberg, shochet and founder of Chosen Farms.
Tours are approximately 2 hours. Special events with guest speakers may run longer.
Some tours are organized for a specific group or class, and additional guests may register to join.
There is no charge for the tour. Tips welcome and your donation to support our nonprofit work is appreciated.
ACRe received a grant from the 2026 Salem County Arts Re-Grant program, to conduct tours of the Alliance Colony in partnership with Stockton University and the Alliance Heritage Center.
Our tours will focus on teaching history through the lens of art and will include the Alliance Cemetery, Alliance Synagogue, Alliance Heritage Center and Alliance Mural.
Longtime Alliance resident and raconteur Howard Jaffe is our knowledgable tour guide.
Holocaust memorial sculpture in Alliance Cemetery
Alliance Synagogue Trustee Emeritus Howard Jaffe has traveled around the world and lived many lives, including years of experience as a farmer and Israeli desert tour guide. Howard has maintained the Alliance Synagogue for decades as a labor of love and joined the ACRe board in 2018.
Team ACRe Board Member Howard Jaffe leads a tour of Alliance, including the historic Alliance Cemetery, Alliance Synagogue, Alliance Mural and Alliance Historic Model Vineyard.
Team ACRe Board Members Howard Jaffe and Malya Levin lead a virtual tour of Alliance Synagogue at the height of COVID in 2020.
Tours will generally meet at Alliance Cemetery and all sites to visit are only a few steps away.
Alliance Cemetery
970 Gershal Ave
Norma, NJ 08347
Across the street:
Alliance Synagogue
9 Shiff Ave
Pittsgrove, NJ 08318
This program is made possible in part by funds from the Salem County Board of County Commissioners, and Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
ACRe have partnered with Stockton University and the Alliance Heritage Center to co-organize the Alliance Tours in 2026.