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.
The Remnant of Israel Will Be Restored
To Me, O Israelites, you are
Just like the Ethiopians
—declares the Lord.
True, I brought Israel up
From the land of Egypt,
But also the Philistines from Caphtor
And the Arameans from Kir.
Behold…
Principles of Spiritual Activism
Asked what the function of a rabbi is, Rabbi Hayyim of Brisk replied: “To redress the grievances of those who are abandoned and alone…
Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow
To be human is to remember. To lose memory is to lose a piece of ourselves. To lose all of memory is one of the great human tragedies; some part (though surely not all) of the divine light within us…
Psalm 92
A psalm. A song; for the sabbath day.
It is good to praise the Lord,
to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High,
To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak,
Your faithfulness each night
With a ten…
Herzl Observing the Rhine from the Balcony of Hotel Les Trois Rois during the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901 in Basel
Ephraim Lilien’s photograph of Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern political Zionism, depicts him staring off into the distance like a lonely prophet. The congress in Basel in 1901 was the…
Portrait of Peretz Hirshbein
By the 1920s, Montparnasse artist Chana Orloff was a popular portrait sculptor. Showing the influences of cubism and classical and “primitive” art, her flowing, smooth-surfaced sculptures in wood or…
Discussions with God
Going home on airless Elbow Street,
at three o’clock in the morning.
Lead me toward goodness, my God!
Peace-flowers bloom in these gray stones
and this dawn sky is peace.
Do You love me still, my…
In the Tower
From his ivory bed
The king rises at night—
Alone, without guard or escort,
Makes his way to the ancient wall
Climbing to the top of the highest tower.
There, at the window
One can see the dead, gray…
The Ghetto
A street. At the right the entrance to the synagogue, with steps and a portico. At the left the house of Aaron, before which are some chairs, in the shade of an awning. Some trees and…
The Costume Party
In The Costume Party, George Segal switched from making all white sculptures to using colors. The six figures—Anthony and Cleopatra, Superman, Pussy Galore, Catwoman, and Bottom from Shakespeare’s…
Sukkah Decoration
This micrographic drawing designed for a sukkah decoration is the best-known artwork of Israel David Luzzatto. Micrography, a form of drawing originally created by scribes, in which lines of miniature…
Antisemitism, Its History and Causes
To make the history of antisemitism complete, omitting none of the manifestations of this sentiment and following its divers phases and modifications, it is necessary to go into the history of Israel…