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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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Print engraving with groups of people in room talking, with open door to another room in background.
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Jewish Betrothal Ceremony

This illustration depicting a Jewish betrothal ceremony appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert to Christianity. The first…
Photograph of exterior of stone building with double staircase.
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Isaac Synagogue (Kraków)

The Isaac (or Izaak) Synagogue in Kraków was built in 1638–1644. Sources differ about who designed the building, but it was likely either the Italian architect Francisco Olivieri or Swiss-born…
Tombstone of decorative foliage surrounding Hebrew inscription.
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Tombstone (Padua)

Tombstone of Shifra Tamari (d. 1565), Padua, Italy. In the early modern period, most Jewish tombstones in Italy were Italian Renaissance in style. Hebrew epitaph poems, like the one on this gravestone…
Page of Aramaic text with illustrations surrounding it, including heraldic shields around the text and a city, vines, flowers, and birds above text.
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Ketubah (Venice)

This Venetian ketubah (marriage contract) from 1707 marks the wedding of Solomon, son of Isaac Franco de Almeida, to Brancha, daughter of David Fernandes Dias. Near the top, the ancient city of…
Photograph of room with ornate columns and pews along both sides, a raised platform on the right side, and several chandeliers.
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Great Italian Synagogue, Padua

Founded in 1548, the Italian Synagogue of Padua was moved to its current location by 1603. It was renovated in the nineteenth century and restored again after World War II, when the Scuola Grande…
Photograph of room with pews along walls and gold Torah ark in center of back wall.
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Vittorio Veneto Synagogue, Italy

The Vittorio Veneto Synagogue, in a town near Venice, was constructed on the second and third floors of a modest house. Elements of the Italian Baroque style are visible in the interior, especially in…
Drawing of figure in center balancing plates on sticks, as several people watch from benches.
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Dad Runs Away with the Circus

Dad Runs Away with the Circus was Etgar Keret's first children's book. It was illustrated by award-winning illustrator and comic book artist Rutu Modan. The two collaborated on several projects…
Painting depicting three women seated with buildings and hills behind them, above small set of images including cows and two suns on either side of an eye on left, a woman in triangle surrounded by snakes in center, and a building ruin with owl on right.
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The Choice of Paris

Shamir is known for portraits and landscapes that explore Zionist history and his own family story. Many of his paintings are set in Kfar Yehoshua in the Jezreel Valley, a village his family helped to…
Abstract painting featuring shepherd with head turned up and planter overlaid on his face, holding lamb with mountains in background.
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Shepherd with Lamb

Bezem (d. 2018)’s art, which once gave expression to his immigration to Palestine, the loss of his parents in the Holocaust, and his sense of rebirth in Israel, was dramatically transformed after his…