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farmers in America was also arranged by Professor Sab- 

 sovich in 1897 at the Hebrew Educational Society's build- 

 ing in Philadelphia. At this fair there were products 

 not only from Woodbine, but also from all other Jewish 

 colonies in New Jersey, as well as from many farmers 

 in Connecticut. About five or six years later, also at 

 the initiative of and participation in of Professor Sabso- 

 vich, an exhibition of Jewish life in the country was 

 held at the Educational Alliance Building in New York 

 City. This exhibit showed by photographs, charts, etc., 

 how people lived on farms and in small villages in the 

 United States. It was held under the auspices of the 

 Baron de Hirsch Fund, the Jewish Agricultural Society, 

 and the Removal Office, and was a revelation to city 

 dwellers, as it revealed to them the fact that New York 

 was not "America"; that there were hundreds of small 

 villages and thousands of farms throughout the country 

 where Jews lived happily, and where there was plenty 

 of room and opportunity for city dwellers to breathe and 

 live comfortably in beautiful surroundings, away from 

 squalid and cramped quarters in the Big City. The ex- 

 hibit was a wonderful success, and received the very 

 favorable comment of the press ; and, by special requests 

 from Boston, Philadelphia and other large cities, it made 

 the round of these places. 



While talking of exhibits, it is also interesting to point 

 out the fact that Professor Sabsovich was always inter- 

 ested in bringing to the attention of the outside world 

 the ability of the Jew to become a successful farmer, 

 and for this reason he never lost an opportunity of ex- 

 hibiting the products and results of the work in Wood- 

 bine Colony. At many of the Cape May County Fairs 

 and others held in the State of New Jersey, he encour- 

 aged the farmers and the Agricultural School to exhibit 



