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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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Rectangular box and separated lid with two winged figures standing across from each other.
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Ark of Covenant and Cherubs

These are modern reconstructions of the Ark of the Covenant. Chests with images on top and with carrying poles are known from ancient Egypt. The depictions of the cherubs here are based on winged…

New Sheets

I won’t be around forever, Mother said. One day I’m going to die, so I might as well nag you a little bit more, while I have the chance. And when I’m dead you’ll have to rely on someone else to tell…
Drawing of helmeted figures carrying statues.
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Cult statues in Assyrian relief

Cult statues in Assyrian relief from the Palace of Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 745–727 BCE) in Kalhu/Calah (today’s Nimrud, Iraq). Although no Mesopotamian cult statues have been found, reliefs such…

Acher

  It was like this in the garden:   Ben Azzai looked and died,   Ben Zoma looked and went mad;   Akiba and I went forth in peace, but they said I cut down the young plants.   I said that one is two…

The Sisters Rosensweig

Merv:Sara, can I have my shirt? I’ve got a lunch date with the rabbi of Dublin.Sara:Mervyn, you came all the way to Queen Anne’s Gate. Please sit a minute.Tess:Sit down, Merv. I’ll get your shirt. Win…

Evening in Basel

You won’t find the restaurant in the guidebooks, which is a pity. The owner—he was tall and wearing a sport jacket—greeted us at the door. Our table was waiting in the corner. “And the food is quite…
Fragmentary papyrus page of Aramaic writing.
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Words of Ahiqar

Words of Ahiqar, Elephantine, 5th century BCE. This Aramaic manuscript contains the oldest-known version of Ahiqar, a wisdom book that includes proverbs similar to those found in the biblical book of…
Line drawing of two figures holding utensils in bowls.
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Your Land, Your Country

What, actually, am I doing here? I owe myself, and perhaps others, an answer to this question. What, actually, am I doing here? Why do I go on a clear morning to Levinsky, why in zigzags, stopping…