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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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Yiddish Lectures in Philadelphia

I want, at the request of the Arbeter Ring’s National Education Committee, to give a brief overview of the lectures we have arranged this season. It is true that we haven’t had the opportunity to…

The Reformed Heder in Pinsk

The Zionist movement in Pinsk expanded and developed, and some of the best [local] activists concentrated their efforts there. Activities, such as lectures, debates, and the sale of Shekels and Jewish…

Second Letter from New York to Warsaw

Dear friend Aaron Zeitlin, You write (in Globus, issue 4) that to fight against the truly leftist—or, as you express it, “against the few who scream ‘impure’ [tomeh] sincerely”—is perhaps futile…

The Jews of Soviet Russia

[ . . . ] [T]here was a lecture in the big union hall on the topic of Soviet food policy. The wife of our protagonist also wanted to go and listen. You didn’t…

Diary Excerpt: Against the War

[ . . . ] Got together with Werner this afternoon; he wants me to become active in the [Social Democratic] party. Had a discussion about historical materialism that was quite interesting to me. [ . .…