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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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Hualing’s Garden in Iowa

Wind bells over the river with an Indian name: transplanted homelessness disguised as a transplanted home. The garden jingles. Odorous sandalwood censers, kimonos and saris flashing well among the…

An Affirmation

I am not I when called to account— plaster over, dumbly benched the corrosive ardency of blinkered identification. To affirm nothing, a veil of asymptotic bent, prattling over- tunes in the striated…
Terra-cotta figurine of horse and rider.
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Horse and Rider Figurine

This terra-cotta figurine from Lachish is very schematic, and the rider’s legs are not shown. The rider cannot represent an average person because people—even kings—more often rode on donkeys and…

Driving Miss Daisy

Daisy:Honestly, Boolie. Are you trying to irritate me in the middle of an ice storm?She hangs up the phone. Light out on her. Boolie stands a moment in wonder. Light out on him. In the dark we hear…

Exile at Home

Grandpa:And here my grandson gets married! I’m so happy for you! cheers! Le-chayim! I’m sure the bride is beautiful…but the most important thing is she should be a good wife, obedient, who loves…

Anti-Semitism in France, 1978-1992

When Vichy agreed to collaborate with the Germans, their decision to do so shocked many Jews living in France, particularly those who had recently arrived. Despite the Dreyfus Affair at the turn of…

Jerusalem’s Ideal Future

The word that Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In the days to come, The Mount of the Lord’s House Shall stand firm above the mountains And tower above the hills; And…