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.
Josiah (Chronicles)
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. He did what was pleasing to the Lord…
Are We One? Menachem Begin and the Long Shadow of 1977
American Jews, according to the conventional wisdom, have always been impassioned and faithful in their attachment to Israel. “We are One!” the popular fund-raising slogan, has also served as a…
Prophecies to the King and to the People
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchiah and the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, to say, “Please inquire of the Lord on…
The Wisdom of Piety
My son, do not forget my teaching
But let your mind retain my commandments;
For they will bestow on you length of days,
Years of life and well-being.
Let fidelity and steadfastness not leave you;…
Epilogue
After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am incensed at you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me as did My servant Job. Now…
Covenant Blessings and Curses
Now, if you obey the Lord your God, to observe faithfully all His commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. All these…
Boy Holding a Ball
Boy Holding a Ball is painted in the fauvist style for which Béla Czóbel was best known. It features the bright colors, flat paint areas, and bold outlines that characterize his early work. Czóbel…
The Descendants of Shem Until Abram
This is the line of Shem. Shem was 100 years old when he begot Arpachshad, two years after the Flood. After the birth of Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and begot sons and daughters.
When…
Festival Calendar and Offerings
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Command the Israelite people and say to them: Be punctilious in presenting to Me at stated times the offerings of food due Me, as offerings by fire of…
Familiar Jewish Scenes
A Suitor Calls with the Matchmaker. Illustration from Scènes familiales juives (Familiar Jewish Scenes), Alphonse Lévy’s book of caricatures of Alsatian rural Jewish life.
The Artist’s Wife with Cat
Menahem Shemi was a member of the Land of Israel movement, a group of artists who, in the 1920s, broke with the conventions of the Bezalel School to create a modern art of Jewish revival. In The…