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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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In Central Park

Who is to blame that I don’t see your tree, Garden in snow, my garden in snow. Who is to blame that I don’t see your tree— When a woman goes out for a stroll in your snow, Her bosom rising and…

The Voice

Over and over, yes, over and over, I shook the pinions of my anger, Again and again you broke faith with me, And I stormed at your crop of iniquity. But over and over, and over and over, Your songs…

A Stubborn Back—and Nothing More

Come, let us hide ourselves in caves, in stony crevices, in graves where stretched full length on the hard ground we lie, backs up and faces down. We shall not record, we shall not say why we’ve…

The God of Israel

The God of Israel is not rich. I saw the Sistine Chapel, Notre-Dame, the Cathedral of Cologne— You can feast your eyes on them, you can enjoy. The God of Israel is stingy. He won’t fill his museum…

Jews and Arabs in Morocco

Among the Jews of Europe, acute feelings of difference always fade with the passage of time. The school, the army, and politics have a unifying force; integration comes about through cultural channels…

To Be of Use

The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek…

Lament of the Daughter of Judah

O God of Hosts, our God from of old, Was it for this that You selected our ancestors from days of yore That You took their descendants as an inheritance for Yourself To set them up as the target of…
Star of David brooch with the word "Jude" in the center.
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Jude

Cherkassky’s gold Star of David with the word “Jude” in its center was displayed in Collectio Judaica at the Rosenfeld Gallery in 2003. It was the artist’s first major solo exhibition. The theme of…

Human Follies: For Sukkot

Human follies, silver and gold and possessions, Last only shortly on earth, and like flies, they fly away. Wealth flowers like abundant grain, or like a tree’s boughs, It bears recognizable fruit…

Bliss

We shall live in the shade of the graceful doe and, living there, shall be sustained. We shall walk through darkness by her light, with never-ending joy. When she laughs, we will burst into song; when…

Her Eyes

The girl’s eyes are the heavens of love, a robe of light and splendour in which she clothes herself. Even when they are hidden by clouds of tears, lovers, do not be afraid to come near. Do not fear…