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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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Süss Oppenheimer, a Jewish Tale

Chapter 19 When Süss returned to his prison cell, he found his uncle waiting for him. In tears he fell into the arms of the dignified old man and told him everything that had happened to him. Rabbi…
Portrait painting of man seated at desk in front of an open window, facing viewer and holding a book in his lap with his right hand on desk.
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Portrait of Benjamin S. Judah

Benjamin S. Judah (1761–1831) was an influential businessman in New York City and Philadelphia who built his wealth on shipping contracts to and from the West Indies. Judah was bankrupted when Great…

Moral Benefits, Part 2

Jewish nationalism is a product of the nationalist current engulfing all of humanity; it is an echo, a reflection, and an imitation of a movement occurring in a broader theater. Various nations are…

Flesh and Spirit

In the early period of Jewish history there was a considerable party which took a materialistic view of the national life, in the sense that it had no ideal beyond that of making the State supreme at…

More on Zionism

To the honored Professor Sen. C. F. Gabba, The long article that you published in the Rassegna Nazionale on the first of last April requires my response: a response that is addressed not only to you…

Letters to Shimon Dubnow

To Mr. Sh. Dubnow, St. Petersburg Moscow, Jan. 8, 1907 I received your letter, and thank you for everything you told me about. . . . I have already heard about the classes you are giving on Genesis…