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.
Our Goal
We are embarking on the publication of a new journal devoted to the affairs of the workers and masses of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel and the Ottoman Empire. We wish to create a journal…
A Satirical Song in Judeo-Arabic Describing the Events of the First World War
Fare well, O fathers! Implore Allah that He have mercy upon us.
Look, see! How are we going to make it? Hadj Guillaume is tormented [lit., his blood is burning].
O, alas! How this…
Kiddush Ha-Shem
[ . . . ] From the other side of the fence was heard a murmur of Jewish voices as of people praying aloud. On a carpet before the door of the courtyard sat Murad Khan, and…
Two Martyrs
For four hours I sat engrossed while old Gershon Falk told his story, feeling all the while as though I were listening to a fantastic saga—as though I were in the presence of one from another time…
Blood
The train pulls up to the platform, steaming and boiling like a samovar.
Lazar is standing on the platform—short, glowing, joyful—waving his dirty handkerchief at the cars.
The train is on its way to…
Letter to the Working Committee of the Hebrew University
Jabotinsky, Vladimir Yevgenyevich To the [Hebrew] University working committee in St. Petersburg July 7, 1914Dear Sirs,1. J. C. T. transferred 500 Rubles to me on your behalf, the receipt of which I…
On Guard
Beloved brothers!
It is a sublime and meaningful name we have taken for ourselves! We carry the name of choice individuals from our people—people who have, in practice, actually presented themselves…
Earth
Mordecai walked home from the village on the path that bordered the forest. All the talk of the elders in the village chief’s house had intoxicated him more than the strongest whiskey. Under his…
Bar Kochba
Young Man:Tell us, Bar Kochba, the words to useWhen we return to our homesAnd tell of meeting you.Bar Kochba:For taking of the people’s land,For stealing of the people’s wealth,For towns…
Sadie Salome, Go Home!
Verse 1Sadie Cohen left her happy homeTo become an actress lady,On the stage she soon became the rage,As the only real Salomy baby.When she came to town, her sweetheart MoseBrought for her around a…