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.
Hanukkah Lamp (Germany)
A prayer, Ha-nerot halalu anu madlikin (“These lights we burn”), usually recited after the blessings for lighting the Hanukkah candles, is inscribed on the back panel of this Hanukkah menorah from…
Hanukkah Lamp (Frankfurt am Main)
This silver Hanukkah lamp is an example of a new type for home use that became popular in the late seventeenth century in Frankfurt am Main. Designed to resemble an ancient menorah, it has a central…
Hanukkah Lamp (Nuremberg)
This Hanukkah menorah was made in Nuremberg, Germany, where it was characteristic in the eighteenth century for Hanukkah lamps to include a parchment with the blessings for lighting. At the time…
Hanukkah Lamp (Algeria)
This terracotta Hanukkah menorah from Cabilia (?), Algeria, is decorated with painted black triangular shapes (possibly representing humanoid figures) on a background of yellow, with edging in reddish…
Hanukkah Lamp (New York)
This brass Hanukkah menorah is thought to have been used in the First Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located on present-day South…
Hanukkah Lamp (Morocco)
The back of this brass Hanukkah menorah from Morocco is adorned with birds and a row of keyhole-shaped windows. The ring at top is designed to allow the lamp to be hung outside on a doorpost, a custom…
Hanukkah Lamp (Amsterdam)
This silver Hanukkah menorah, made in Amsterdam by the master silversmith Pieter van Hoven, sits on six claw legs and is decorated with intricate leaf and floral patterns. Its front side is further…
Synagogue Hanukkah Lamp (Poland)
This Hanukkah menorah from Poland is made from brass and would likely have been placed near the Torah ark in a synagogue. An engraved and cast eagle sits above a domed cupola, representing gratitude…
Hanukkah Lamp (France)
This bronze, cast, and gilt Hanukkah menorah from France is decorated with the head of a warrior wearing a laurel wreath, most likely meant to depict Judah Maccabee, leader of the uprising against the…
Hanukkah Lamp (Copenhagen)
This menorah is a rare example of ceremonial art from the small Jewish community in Denmark. In this silver Hanukkah lamp, the influence of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) style can be seen in the…
Tombstone Inscriptions (Barbados)
[This is the grave] of the blessed, revered, and God-fearing Abraham Baruh Henriques, who, in his life, sustained this Holy Synagogue of Nidhe Israel and protected it with…
Ketubah (New York)
The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This printed ketubah created by…