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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.
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Ecology

Through narrative, poetry, law, and prayer, the Bible conditions its readers to feel reverence for nature, enjoins restraint in the exploitation of natural resources for human needs, elicits awe in…

Psalm 72

Of Solomon. O God, endow the king with Your judgments, the king’s son with Your righteousness; that he may judge Your people rightly, Your lowly ones, justly. Let the mountains produce well-being…

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…

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…

The Mind of Primitive Man

One of the chief aims of anthropology is the study of the mind of man under the varying conditions of race and of environment. The activities of the mind manifest themselves in thoughts and actions…

A Trip to the Land of Israel in 2040

Jerusalem, our holy city, our soul’s yearning and the joy of our hope! Beautiful landscape, the joy of the entire land, if not the city of a great king (Psalm 48:1) . . . Now we cannot know how it was…