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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.
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Soviet Russia as I Saw It

[ . . . ] We have heard so much about the achievements of the Evsektsiia [Jewish sections of the Communist Party] in the field of Jewish culture that for this alone many…

To My Soldier Son

My precious heart, my handsome soldier son, I write this letter with my blood to you. Since you’ve had to take the Kaiser’s shilling our world has turned red of a fiery hue. The big decisive battle…

To the Readers (of Yerushalayim)

As I was completing the first volume of this book of ours, I was on my way to Vienna, and the late scholar, Mr. [Peretz] Smolenskin of blessed memory, in his desire to complete the printing, wrote…

The Mission of Ha-Shiloaḥ

In establishing this monthly periodical today, we believe that we are doing that which the times demand, its absence being felt by many. We are not establishing a study house for sages who will sit…

Di yugend Editorial Statement

With this number, Di yugend passes into new hands—the hands of its writers. It is no secret that Yiddish writers, especially young Yiddish writers—and most of the contributors to this monthly journal…

Halachah and Aggadah

But must we conclude—as many think—that Halachah and Aggadah are two irreconcilable opposites? Those who so conclude are confusing accident and form with substance; as who should declare the ice and…

Resolution Favoring Zionism

A convention of Orthodox Congregations met in New York, Wednesday, June 8, 1898. A resolution favoring Zionism was adopted.The principles of the convention adopted are as follows:This Conference of…

Ghingeli

Oh, Ghingeli, my bleeding heart, Who is this guy who dreams in snow And drags his feet like a pair of logs In the middle of the street at night? It is the rascal Moyshe-Leyb, Who will freeze to…

Here Lives the Jewish People

The towering life of the towering city Is burning in white fires. And in the streets of the Jewish East side The whiteness of the fires burns even whiter. I like to stroll in the burning frenzy of…