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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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Amulet for a Newborn Girl

Printed amulet for an infant girl from Germany. It was (presumably) printed alongside its companion amulet for a male child (see “Amulet for a Newborn Boy”). However, the pair were separated. A woman…

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…
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Who is like You

Who is like You [see Exodus 15:11]; there is none like You, Who is similar to You; there is none similar to You God, God, the Lord [see Psalms 50:1], High above all high ones [see Psalms 113:4]…

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…

The West Indian Tale

We have a lovely tale at hand, It’s come to us from a distant land, That land is West India, and Many people in the world Call that area the New World. Our tale’s about a wife who let her spouse Leav…