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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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From Inside

I am not a representative of the public, nor am I an official party member. My words do not bear an organization’s official stamp of approval, nor did I obtain readers’ endorsements in advance. Rather…

The Legend of the Baal-Shem

This book consists of a descriptive account and twenty stories. The descriptive account speaks of the life of the Hasidim, a Jewish sect of eastern Europe which arose around the middle of…
Papercut featuring a chair in the center with lions above, decorated with floral motifs and Hebrew text.
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Paper Cut—Brit Milah

Paper cuts have been a tradition of Jewish folk art, with the earliest record of one dating to the fourteenth century. Given the widespread availability of paper in Europe by the mid-nineteenth…
Painting of monks standing around slumped-down, pale figure.
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The Death of Tasso

One of Friedrich Friedländer’s best-known paintings, The Death of Tasso, depicts the death of the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544–1595). Tasso was famous for his epic poem, La Gerusalemme liberate (…

In Judah and the Galilee

Not fire and sun—but our blood will redden, Oh Zion, your mountains— Right after disembarking and finishing my business with the numruk [custom house], I hurried to Petah Tikva. My friends implored…

Jaffa Changes Its Face

We must emphasize the impact Jews are having on the town of Jaffa. Those who knew Jaffa in the past can testify that the town owes a lot to the Jews; its appearance has changed dramatically over the…