EXHIBIT TO FORM 4
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these  presents,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints Allan Tubin, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
     as an officer and/or trustee of First Real Estate  Investment  Trust of New
     Jersey (the  "Company"),  Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
     of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended,  and the rules and
     regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Exchange Act");

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
     may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or
     5 and timely file such form with the United States  Securities and Exchange
     Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)  take  any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection  with the
     foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
     to, in the best interest of, or legally  required by, the  undersigned,  it
     being understood that the documents  executed by such  attorney-in-fact  on
     behalf of the  undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney  shall be in
     such  form  and  shall   contain   such  terms  and   conditions   as  such
     attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The  undersigned  hereby  grants to such  attorney-in-fact  full  power and
authority  to do and perform any and every act and thing  whatsoever  requisite,
necessary  or proper to be done in the  exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally  present,  with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in  fact's substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this  power of  attorney  and the  rights  and  powers  herein
granted. The undersigned  acknowledges that the foregoing  attorney-in-fact,  in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company  assuming,  any of the undersigned's  responsibilities  to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

     This Power of  Attorney  shall  remain in full  force and effect  until the
undersigned  is no longer  required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the 24th day of February 2004.

                                                          /s/ Herbert C. Klein
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                                                          Herbert C. Klein