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.
Jeremiah
Jeremiah:Not now the time for beginnings. The end draws nigh.The Mother:It is time! It is time! Long since have you grown to manhood. The house has need of a wife, and of children to raise up seed to…
Jordan Valley Memorial Monument
Like other sculptures created by Yigael Tumarkin, the Jordan Valley Memorial Monument, erected to commemorate hundreds of Israeli soldiers who died fighting terrorists in the years immediately…
Prayers at the Tomb of Rabbi Isaac ben Sheshet at Algiers
In 1391, Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (known as Rivash), a respected rabbinic scholar and author of numerous responsa, suffered from the violent riots and mass conversions in Spain but then fled to…
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…
Feuchtwanger Cent
In 1829, German Jewish metallurgist Lewis Feuchtwanger attempted to introduce a metal alloy known as “German silver” into U.S. coinage, promoting this nickel silver as a less-expensive alternative for…
The Legends of the Tannaim
Dedicated to Dr. Zunz, the grandmaster of Jewish scholarship, on his 90th birthday.
Shearith Israel Synagogue
Congregation Shearith Israel was the first Jewish congregation established in North America, and the only Jewish congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825. Between 1654 and 1730, it used…
Portrait of a Girl with a Red Belt
Portrait of a Girl with a Red Belt is one of many portrait miniatures that Jeremiah David Alexander Fiorino painted. He was a court painter in Dresden who painted portraits of members of the royal…
Letter: On Conversion Problems in Hamadan
Community. From the point of view of religious practices, the Jewish community of Hamadan is one of the least homogeneous of Persia. It is not unusual to find in the same family a mother who is a…
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…
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…
Merchavia: A Jewish Co-operative Settlement in Palestine
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What the Zionist Organization has to aim at is to lay down in Palestine as soon as possible a populous and thriving agrarian foundation, in order to build up…