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.
Cast Glass Bowl and Plates
Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
In Winter Evenings
This melancholy Yiddish poem became a song of longing for home sung by Soviet Jewish soldiers during World War II.
Train-Shaped Besamim Box
This creative nineteenth-century spice box for Havdallah, the ceremony marking the end of the Sabbath, was made by the prolific silversmith Emanuel Eisler.
Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription
This inscription reads, “Hither were brought the bones of Uzziah King of Judah. Do not open!"
Paradesi Synagogue (Cochin, India)
Built in 1568, the Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest in India, and in the entire British Commonwealth.
Moses’ Farewell
These are the words that Moses addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan. [ . . . ]
[W]e marched back into the…
Manasseh (Samuel-Kings)
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Hephzibah. He did what was displeasing to the Lord, following the abhorrent…
The People Pledge to Obey the Teaching
“In view of all this, we make this pledge and put it in writing; and on the sealed copy [are subscribed] our officials, our Levites, and our priests.
“On the sealed copy [are subscribed]: Nehemiah…