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.

Plan for the Invasion of Jamaica to Emancipate Slaves and Interrogation Testimony to British Authorities Following His Arrest for the Plan to Emancipate Slaves in Jamaica

“When the genie of liberty inspired me the noble project to carry to the English, our natural…

Portrait painting of man wearing long wig, facing viewer, and holding book in left hand, and cloak draped over left arm.

Portrait of Don Francisco (Abraham Israel) Lopes Suasso

Metal oval with three candlestick holders.

Candle Reflector

Portrait painting in circular frame of boy leaning to one side and facing viewer.

Portrait of Abraham da Costa

Two finials engraved with designs on the base and minaret-shaped tops with Hebrew text visible through cut-out windows.

Torah Finials (Morocco)

Print portrait of man in skullcap and beard, in front of bookshelf and holding open book in his hand, with crown and Hebrew text underneath.

Portrait of Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

Printed page with Hebrew text on right side and illustration of tall tower with wheels inside it on left side.

Technical Diagram from Joseph Delmedigo’s Elim

Print depicting two scenes with French text under frames: top shows men in prayer shawls sitting while one man on central platform sounds a ram's horn. Bottom image shows men in prayer shawls sitting and standing in room with several lit candles.

The High Holidays

Painting of four fish on paper on a table.

Seven Smoked Fish on a Grinding Slab

Aerial photograph of two people in hats and suits walking.

If One Day during Purim, Everybody by Chance Will Disguise Themselves as Orthodox Jews, Will the Messiah Come?

Portrait photograph of man in keffiyeh with two large leaves on either side of photo.

The Last Village Mukhtar, Dir-el-Kassi/Elkosh, from Non-Historical Moments

The Destruction of Jerusalem

And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…