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.

Silver pointer with hand at end and chain at top.

Torah Pointer (Yemen)

Object with hook and Hebrew imprinted along decorative handle.

Torah Pointer (Poland)

Cup etched with scales.

Kiddush Cup of Judah Loew (Prague)

Glass cup and carafe with designs and Hebrew text etched on the outside.

Kiddush Cup and Wine Carafe (Amsterdam)

Cup engraved with floral motifs.

Kiddush Cup (Nuremberg)

Cup inscribed with angels, birds, and other animals with a floral motif, and Hebrew text across the lip.

Kiddush Cup (Frankfurt am Main)

Silver oil lamp with row of eight cups on bottom, and elaborate carvings of two figures and floral designs on lamp with carved birds on top.

Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

Anti-Semitism in the Women’s Movement

Why now? Why write about anti-Semitism in the Women’s Movement when we have the Moral Majority and Ronald Reagan to worry about?Because, very simply, it’s there. And because I am a Jew who has been…

Silver oil lamp with lions on each side and crown on top.

Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

Nine-branched candelabrum.

Hanukkah Lamp (Heilbronn)

Eight-branched candelabrum with figure on top brandishing sword.

Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)

Oil lamp with row of eight cups at the bottom carved with Hebrew inscription and animal heads, and sides resembling buildings.

Hanukkah Lamp (Germany)