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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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Sheet music.
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Shir hama‘alot (Song of Ascents)

“Shir ha-ma‘alot (Song of Ascents),” Psalm 126, is customarily recited or sung before the Grace After Meals on the Sabbath and festivals. There are many different tunes for the song. A Yiddish…
Carved wall unit with decorative borders and crowns, locked metal box in middle, and Hebrew text underneath.
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Alms Box

This alms box was affixed to the wall in the Old Synagogue (Alte-Schul, or Stara Bóżnica) of Kraków, located in the Kazimierz district of the city. Because it was in a part of the Polish-Lithuanian…
Photograph of building exterior with curved windows and gated courtyard to left.
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Kupa Synagogue (Kraków)

The ceiling and wall paintings in the baroque-style Kupa Synagogue in Kraków, which dates from 1643, were damaged during World War II and in a pogrom that occurred in August 1945 immediately following…
Silver cup with Hebrew inscription.
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Burial Society Cup

This silver beaker is one of two commissioned by the Burial Society of Worms in the eighteenth century. Beakers were used at the ceremony inducting members into the society at its annual banquet…
Page of Aramaic text of border decorated with flowers and birds, cherubs holding banner at top, and human figures in upper corners.
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Ketubah (Bayonne)

This ketubah (marriage contract), was signed in Bayonne, France, whose Jewish community originated with New Christians from Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth century. It marks the wedding of Isaac…
Photograph of room lined with narrow wooden pews and set of stairs at far end of room leading to gilded podium.
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Scuola Canton Synagogue, Venice

The second-oldest building in the Venetian ghetto is the Scuola Canton Synagogue. Built several years after the Scuola Grande Tedesca, the Canton Synagogue also served the Ashkenazic community. The…
Exterior photograph of buildings on busy street with horses pulling wagons.
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Great Synagogue (Slonim, Belarus)

The Great Synagogue of Slonim was one of the prominent synagogues of the region, a testament to the prosperity and status of the town’s Jewish community. Today, it is the best-preserved synagogue in…