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.
And the Bush Was Not Consumed
Herbert Ferber’s twelve-foot-high sculpture was originally commissioned to adorn the façade of Congregation B’nai Israel in Milburn, New Jersey. Percival Goodman, the new building’s architect…
A Comet Portending War
I have seen other stars
with a tail before,
but the people were frightened
by this awesome torch.
As an omen of war
it does sadden my heart.
Let us turn to our God,
let us try to please Him.
Virgins Plus Curtains Minus Dots
Houses hold virgins
The doors on the chain
‘Plumb streets with hearts’
‘Bore curtains with eyes’
Virgins without dots
Stare beyond probability
See the men pass
Their hats are not ours
We …
Second Haman
[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
Wedding Riddle
This wedding riddle from Italy is written in Hebrew and Judeo-Italian. Wedding songs, sometimes performed by professional jesters, were traditional at Jewish weddings. Some had lyrics in the form of…
A Jewish Tailor
A Jewish Tailor is one of Mark Antokolski’s earliest sculptures, created while he was still a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The work appeared in an era of liberalization of tsarist…
The Economic Factor and Its Influence upon the History of Our People
Now let us see whether the economic factor has influenced the history of our people in Europe, and in what ways this influence can be seen. [ . . . ]
In the final analysis, the Jews were necessary in…
To the Worker Women
Laboring women, suffering women
Women who languish in factory and home—
Why stand at a distance, why build not our temple
Of humanity’s joy, and of freedom sublime?
Help us to bear the red banner…
On Matters of the Hour
Now I want to talk about the approach to the Arab question. When I was discussing Brit Shalom [Covenant of Peace], I asked: Can there be a common position of Zionists and non-Zionists on this question…
The Mizrachi Manifesto
Pave the way! Pave the way!More than twenty years have passed since the idea that we now call Zionism began to reawaken among the Jews, though its essence and intensity had never ceased among the…
A Call to the Jewish Youth Whose Hearts Lie with Their People and with Zion
Brothers!While our true Zionist goal is more or less clear—namely, our national and political revival in the Land of Zion—the ways that lead us to our goal are still clouded in fog. We have been going…
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…