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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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The Portrait of Susannah

Although a beautiful shock of golden hair swings across her forehead And love finds nourishment in her eyes The chaste Susannah never strays from the right path And harbors not one thought without…

The Ass’s Complaint

Why is my back loaded with fine flour, while in my mouth there is no bread at all, but only straw? I drink well-water, though I carry wine. And the stick goes on fracturing my skull! I live in rubble…

The Story of Amīnā and His Wife

Listen, my friends, pay attention! Be silent, do not restrain me, Nor say, “That fellow Amīānā’s been unfaithful, His heart and tongue in two directions pull; If not, why did he leave his native…

IFF

Hate Hitler? No, I spared him hardly a thought. But Corporal Irmin, first, and later on The O.C.(Flying), Wing Commander Briggs, And the station C.O. Group Captain Ormery— Now there were men were…

The Vessel

I’m trying to pray; one of the voices of my mind says, “God, please help me do this,” but another voice intervenes: “How conceive God’s interest would be to help you believe?” Is this prayer? Might…

Washing the Streets of Holland

When I was twelve, I read The Diary of Anne Frank. I identified with her having to live stories above a busy street over a business, and having to keep quiet for hours at a time. I’d pad about on…