Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Professor Bernhardi
Schnitzler’s personal and professional experiences, including his Jewish faith and extensive education in medicine, inform the themes he addresses in his literary works.
Letter from Safed
[And I read some words to this effect in the letter of R. Abraham Blipp—may the All-Merciful protect and redeem him—written to Venice on November 5, 1607, to our teacher, R. Judah—may the righteous be…
Miriam HaNeviah
Miriam, one of the few women in the Bible to be called a prophet, provides an important opportunity for contemporary liturgists to expand the male-dominated framework of traditional Jewish prayer.
The Four Sons
This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.
Anima (Her Soul): A Drama in Three Acts
Giorgio [Entering]:Am I disturbing you?Olga:So it seems! What good wind brings you here? Sit down.Giorgio:Thank you. I’m returning from the Exposition . . .Olga:Ah, you went! . . .Giorgio:.…
Never Say
Inspired by the Warsaw ghetto uprising, this hymn became the anthem of the Vilna partisan fighters and many other Jewish efforts to resist the Nazis.
The Old Man and the Girl
Do not mock me for singing songs of lust now that I have grown old. Does not the ember glow beneath the ashes? So is my heart awake within me even when I sleep. It is on fire for love of my partner; I…
Di agune (The Chained Woman)
Rosa:Oh, is that you, my friend . . . I was beginning to wonder why I haven’t seen you for two days; I was about to accuse you . . . I was inclined to think that you didn’t want to see…
Jewish Burial Society: Sewing the Shrouds and The Washing of the Body
Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
Protest against Zionism
We recently received from Vienna the new newspaper of the “Zionists,” Die Welt. It appeared on the eve of the holiday of the Feast of Weeks, which reminds us more than any other holiday that it was…
The Spaniolische (Sephardic) Woman
We have been implored to print the following letter:Dear Mrs. Bernadzikowska-Belović,I am an eager reader of the Bosnische Post and, especially, of your short feature pieces and articles, which are my…
The Women’s Cause
Gisèle Halimi’s “La Cause des Femmes” highlights and advocates for women's rights and gender equality. As a prominent feminist, lawyer, and activist, Halimi aimed to shed light on the struggles women.