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.
Hanukkah Lamp (France)
This bronze, cast, and gilt Hanukkah menorah from France is decorated with the head of a warrior wearing a laurel wreath, most likely meant to depict Judah Maccabee, leader of the uprising against the…
Hanukkah Lamp (Copenhagen)
This menorah is a rare example of ceremonial art from the small Jewish community in Denmark. In this silver Hanukkah lamp, the influence of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) style can be seen in the…
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…
Ketubah (New York)
The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This printed ketubah created by…
Ketubah (Bucharest)
The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This one, made in Bucharest, Romania…
Ketubah (Padua)
This ketubah (marriage contract) from Padua, Italy, marks the marriage of Samuel ben Gerson ha-Kohen me-ha-ḥazanim (“of the cantors,” or Cantarini) and Colomba bat David Aziz. The groom was a…
Ketubah (Rhodes)
This ketubah (ritual marriage contract) from Rhodes formalizes the marriage of Avraham, son of Yehudah Galante, and Joya, daughter of Shlomo d’Boton. The groom may have been the prominent educator…
Ketubah (Gibraltar)
An American eagle, stars and stripes, and the United States motto E pluribus unum adorn the top of this ketubah (marriage contract) from Gibraltar, between Shlomo ben Ya‘akov ben Otvoyl (spelling of…
Haggadah (Crete)
In 1583, Mattetiah ben David Spagnolo completed this illuminated Haggadah for Leon ben Judah Bili. Greek (Romaniote/Byzantine) Jews had lived on the island of Crete since the Second Temple period…
Haggadah (Amsterdam)
This page from a Haggadah produced in Amsterdam is an example of the work of Joseph Ben David, a prominent eighteenth-century scribe and artist known particularly for his illustrated Haggadahs. This…
Haggadah (Polna)
This Haggadah was commissioned by Nathan ben Isaac Oppenheim of Vienna, a member of a prominent family of Court Jews. Its title page features a miniature of the sacrifice of Isaac being prevented by…
Haggadah (Ferrara)
This Haggadah was created by Abraham Farissol in Ferrara, Italy, for his friend Joseph ben Mordecai Judah Norsa. It has twelve illustrations in ink, accented with watercolor. Pictured here (bottom) is…