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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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Drawing of reconstructed tomb cutout of a chamber built along hills.
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Tombs from Ketef Hinnom Cemetery

A group of elaborate tombs was found on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Hinnom Valley, including a cluster at Ketef Hinnom behind what is now the Menachem Begin Center. This is an artist's reconstruction of…

My Grandmother, the Censor

There are two things I ought to make clear. First, almost as soon as she starts telling me about her career (as we wade through the sleet from the bus stop to the market), my grandmother declares that…

The Return

Gradually we learned these things: The government of Sudan could not admit to helping Jews. Sudan, after all, was a friend of the other Arab nations, and there is fighting between Arabs and Jews…

Woman from the Earth

When God created the first man, Adam, and realized that he was all alone, God said: It is not good for a man to be alone and he created a woman for Adam and named her Lilith. From the beginning…
Coin with image of owl with body facing right and face turned towards the viewer and Hebrew inscription.
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Coin with Owl and Inscription

On this coin, the owl has lost some of the distinctive features of the Athenian prototypes. Instead of the large prominent eyes, the face is relatively small, and the eyes are even smaller. The bird’s…

Passover and Related Laws

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. Speak to the…

Inheritance Division among Jews

These are the slaves, the share in the paternal estate that Nir-Yama and Yahu-azza, sons of Ahikam, and Hagga, Yahu-izri, and Yahushu, sons of Ahikam, divided among themselves: The slave woman Nana…
Decorative page featuring designs and floral motifs around border and central text in Aramaic and English.
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Seasons Ketubah

Each corner of Mickie Caspi’s Seasons Ketubah represents one of the four seasons. The traditional text is framed by a mosaic of heart-shaped flowers and encircled by a quote from the Song of Songs.