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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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Nicodemus

I went under cover of night By back streets and alleyways, Not as one secret and ashamed But with a natural discretion. I passed by a boy and a girl Embraced against the white wall In parts of…

Donna Clara

In the evening through her garden Wanders the Alcalde’s daughter; Festal sounds of drum and trumpet Ring out hither from the castle. “I am weary of the dances, Honeyed words of adulation From the…

Israel and Humanity

Judaism’s approach to history is shaped by the fact that unlike other religions, it locates perfection not at the beginning but at the end of history. This, surely, is the…
Sawhorse table with four images of a helicopter from a bird's-eye view propped up on it.
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Avodat-Ach

Ninio’s art focuses on putting everyday objects into new contexts, which change their original functions, posing questions about the nature of their reality, by opening them up to new relationships…
Sculpture of a cracked table with set of drinking glasses and glass ashtrays on it.
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The Table As It Is

In The Table As It Is, a tabletop perched on precarious legs and precariously set with bottles of wines and glasses seems about to split apart. Dominey’s sculptures present ordinary objects found in…

The War of the Holy Days

Now, my dear friends, do you see what you’re doing? The Holy Days indulged in arrogant boasting, in envy and hatred and warfare. Hanukkah tried to fight them all and carry the day…
Drawing of woman in profile wearing dress and hat and Hebrew writing on her left.
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A woman beautiful in every way

A woman beautiful in every way I give you—pedigreed, with every skill— And all you want to know is what’s the dowry! That’s not the way to think; that’s faulty judgment. If you’d appraise her…

Of a Repentant Sinner

Already (Lord) with humility, fearing my perdition, in a sea of contrition I seek port in Thy pity. Against Thy immense goodness I sinned. My sorrow warns me, that of the error of Thy offending my…

The Debate of the Flowers

I wish to praise God who is great in praises, who created for man all kinds of flowers, and they all are singular in their colors and scents and of all the best ones was the musk flower.   Above all…