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.
The Sleeping Messiah
Glicenstein depicted the Jewish Messiah as a semi-nude figure in the classical style, with bowed head and tethered to his seat. It received early recognition, admired by Rodin and praised in the…
Nimrod
Nimrod provoked controversy when it was first presented to the public. The biblical Nimrod was a hunter, but he was also associated with rebellion, especially in talmudic literature, and he appears…
The Ages of Man
Let but the son of earth Remember from his birth That in the end He shall return: As at his birth he was, So shall he be.“Arise and prosper,” say ye unto himOf five years, whose…
In the Port
You strangers with the broad, thick-veined hands,
Crooked legs and faces hard as leather,
Smelling of sea and tar
And of the rust of thick anchor chains;
Oh, you, strangers to all nations and tongues…
The Eternal Love Song: A Picture of Labor Life
Scene: A small garret room. A door is set in a deep recess at the back; there is another door at right. It is night. Several small children are bedded on wooden benches, and several more are asleep in…
The Liberation of Jerusalem
The Liberation of Jerusalem, created shortly after the Six Day War, was a bold statement by its artist Solomon (Shlomo) Dreizner, at a time when any expression of support for Israel by Soviet Jews…
Tikvatenu (Our Hope)
At the request of a well-known patriot
Our hope is not yet lost
That hope of ages
To return to the land of our fathers
To the city where David dwelt
As long as hope remains in our hearts
The…
A Women’s Gathering
The cloak makers have hit upon an outstanding plan. Everybody knows that the greatest enemies of strikes are often the wives of the strikers themselves. That which the bosses cannot achieve with money…
The Jewish Problem and the Socialist Jewish State
A future Jewish state founded on capitalism is impossible for technological reasons, as well. Within the limits of petty capitalism, it is not possible to mechanize agriculture and to create large…
Our Demands
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In a country like Russia where various nations live mixed together, the responsibility of disseminating culture…
The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch
The tour of inspection on which I invited you to accompany me during this course has come to an end. We must now retrace our steps and review the results achieved by our tour…
Marx on Judaism and Judaism in Marx
The echo that Marx’s writing arouses in Jews’ hearts provides clearer evidence [of Marx’s influence on Judaism].As everybody knows, a Jewish proletariat did not exist during Marx’s lifetime, certainly…