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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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Photograph of exterior of building with rounded window frames and decorative columns, and man in hat walking toward it.
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Lazar Brodsky Choral Synagogue

The Lazar Brodsky Choral Synagogue is built in the Romanesque revival style, with elements of Moorish revival. It is known as the Brodsky Choral Synagogue because it was built on the estate of the…
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Synagogue (Subotica)

The synagogue in Subotica (today in Serbia) is the second-largest synagogue in Europe and a rare existing example of an art-nouveau synagogue. Its interior features elaborately glazed ceramics and art…
Photograph of house surrounded by gardens and fountain and flanked by two tall palm trees, with mountains in background.
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Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild

The neoclassical Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, designed for the Baroness Charlotte Béatrice de Rothschild, remains Aaron Messiah’s most famous work. Located in Cap Ferrat in southern France, the…
Photograph of city street.
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Tel Aviv Street

In 1906, the Ahuzat Bayit (homestead) society was created in Jaffa by members of the Yishuv (the Jewish community of Palestine) as a planned “Hebrew” community, designed in accordance with the latest…
Photograph of large, ornate structure decorated with flourishes, lions, and vines, with three men in hats and beards standing in front of two closed doors at the bottom, and several other figures sitting in benches in foreground.
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Pavoloch Torah Ark

In 1910, some four thousand Jews lived in the shtetl of Pavolitsh (Ukr.: Pavoloch). Despite its small size, the community boasted a substantial synagogue. Its plain exterior, however, gave little hint…
Photograph depicting organ and circular rows of benches, with large central chandelier.
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Synagogue (Mainz)

The august synagogue in Mainz, erected on Hindenburgstrasse in 1911–1912, included a central, circular nave with an organ, a large dome, and side wings housing a weekday synagogue, community rooms…
Photograph of gated door outside, surrounded by large archway and decorative floral motifs.
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Sandor Schmidl Mausoleum (Budapest)

The elaborate art-nouveau tomb of the wealthy Schmidl family in the Rákoskeresztúr Jewish cemetery in Budapest is made of ceramic tile made by the Zsolnay factory, famous for its art-nouveau ceramics…