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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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The First Pioneers

Alpersohn’s narrative about the early days of Colonia Mauricio blames the Jewish Colonization Association’s local administrators for the colonists’ suffering.
Black and white image of an Orthodox Jewish man wearing spectacles.
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The Holy Fire

The Holy Fire, one of the greatest examples of religious resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, explores a theological explanation for Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.
Warsaw Ghetto German Soldiers lead family away for deportation
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Yizkor, 1943

An elegy to the Jews deported from the Warsaw ghetto from a Jew hiding on the “Aryan” side of the city.

The Fake Doctor

A Play by Molière in One Act of Sixteen Scenes[Carlo, Esterina]Carlo:Is there any news, Esterina? Do you have any advice for me?Esterina:Why do you want advice? I have a lot of news for you…
Photo of the United Staes Supreme Court, with a seated figure holding a tablet of law.
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This Matter of Abortion

This essay, written after Roe v. Wade, during a time of rising abortion polarization, offers a Jewish legal perspective that shaped national discussions.

The Neila

The end of the day approaches. The Book of Life and Death is about to be closed, and the hand of God will inscribe the destiny of man. It hesitates, trembles, stops. A voice, sweet and frail, an…
Sheet music with Italian and German lyrics.
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Così Fan Tutte

[A coffee-houseFerrando, Don Alfonso and Guglielmo]No. i TrioFerrando My Dorabella couldn’tDo such a thing:Heaven made herAs faithful as she’s fair.GuglielmoFiordiligi simplyCouldn…
Textile featuring paintings of various animals and a crown.
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Torah Binder (Munich)

This Torah binder, made for boys at birth and later brought by young men as a symbol of participation in the synagogue, illustrates the fixed nature of traditional gender expectations.

Entrées: A Collection of Recipes

[Title Page]And You Shall Cook and Eat (Deuteronomy 16:7)Livre de Cuisines [Cookbook]This book concerns all types of foods, appropriate for rich and poor, for holidays and other days. The composer of…

Purim Eve, a One-Act Comedy

Cast [in this passage]Abraham Levi: Rich merchantAneta: Abraham Levi’s wifeMax, Yosef, and Aron: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s sonsFrida and Klerchen: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s daughtersShmuel Natan: Zionis…