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 oil lamp with row of eight cups below, carving of shell on top, and Hebrew inscription.

Hanukkah Lamp (Nuremberg)

Oil lamp with geometric carvings.

Hanukkah Lamp (Algeria)

Oil lamp with row of eight cups on the bottom and scallop-shaped decorations.

Hanukkah Lamp (New York)

Oil lamp with cut-outs in various shapes, with row of eight cups on bottom and one cup on top.

Hanukkah Lamp (Morocco)

Oil lamp stamped with crown and foliage with eight cups on bottom.

Hanukkah Lamp (Amsterdam)

Nine-branched candelabrum with small carved eagle on top and crown shape on base.

Synagogue Hanukkah Lamp (Poland)

Hanukkah Lamp (France)

Eight-branched candelabrum with backplate with lions, a Hebrew inscription, Stars of David, and a scalloped top edge.

Hanukkah Lamp (Copenhagen)

Tombstone Inscriptions (Barbados)

[This is the grave] of the blessed, revered, and God-fearing Abraham Baruh Henriques, who, in his life, sustained this Holy Synagogue of Nidhe Israel and protected it with…

Page of Aramaic text featuring two pillars decorated with plant foliage and topped with clocks. Center depicts a crown at the bottom, Hebrew text, and hands clasped at the top.

Ketubah (New York)

Page of Aramaic text in two arched columns with Star of David and flowers on top.

Ketubah (Bucharest)

Ornamental page of Aramaic text framed by plant foliage and Stars of David at top left and right corners.

Ketubah (Oran)