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.

Photograph of tombstone with Hebrew text, engraved columns, and decorative objects on top.

Tombstone of Torah Scholar

Tombstone with Hebrew text.

Tombstone of son of Ephraim Cohen

Tombstone flat on ground of panels of scenes with figures and animals above and below arch-enclosed Hebrew inscription.

Tombstone of Mordechai Franco Mendes and His Wife Sara Franco Mendes

Tombstone of relief of open books, Hebrew inscriptions, and two lanterns on ground in front.

Tombstone of Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen

Rectangular tombstone with Hebrew inscriptions.

Tombstone of Mordechai Margaliot

Mausoleum in graveyard of Hebrew inscription on front, back, and sides.

Tombstone of Samson Wertheimer

Tombstone of lion emblem and Hebrew inscription.

Tombstone of Judah Loew and His Wife Pearl

Tombstone with inscription in Hebrew and Portuguese above floral motifs and engraving of hand with an ax reaching out of cloud to chop down tree.

Tombstone of Rachel Pereira

Tombstone Inscriptions (Curaçao)

Italics indicate that the text was written in Hebrew, not Portuguese.

Rectangular tombstone of Hebrew inscriptions.

Tombstone of Menahem Ventura

Tombstone of three cherubs and central Portuguese inscription, with engraving of wilted flower, skull, hourglass, and sun, with top panel of engraving of man riding in a procession through street and Hebrew text across the middle.

Tombstone of Mordecai Hezekiah Namias de Crasto (replica)

Tombstone with crest on top, and twin columns of text below.

Tombstone of Manuel Levy Ximenes Belmonte and Esther de Pinto

Manuel Levy Ximenes Belmonte (1729) and Esther de Pinto (1741)