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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Miriam HaNeviah

Miriam, one of the few women in the Bible to be called a prophet, provides an important opportunity for contemporary liturgists to expand the male-dominated framework of traditional Jewish prayer.

Poster of people in hats and shawls standing outside building in village with sign with the number 4 on it, and Yiddish writing across the top and bottom.

Yidishe Folkspartei Election Poster

Photograph of young boys sitting at a long table with books open as teacher leans over them to teach.

Teacher and Students in a Heder, Lublin

Image of four panels with man in each panel: one in moustache and riding outfit; one wearing sidelocks, kippah, and suit; one muscled in boots; and one with short sidelocks, hat, and wide stance, all surrounded by decorated border and labeled in Yiddish.

The Four Sons

This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.

Painting of three figures draped with togas.

1939

Photograph of four boys perched on a rock overlooking water and facing away from viewer.

Great Spruce Head Island

Movie poster featuring image of man and woman cheek-to-cheek, surrounded by English movie title and actors' names.

Casablanca, Poster for the Film

Photograph of woman in a dress and hat walking across a city street with cars, people, and buildings in the background.

Midtown Manhattan

Lithograph featuring a chair in the center with an object with many folds on its seat, and a stairwell to the left.

Chair with Red Matter

Comic book cover with the title "Superduperman" and a Superman-like figure in a cape who is attacking an elderly disabled man, surrounded by a crowd and a cityscape, with English text and three comic panels underneath, of the exterior of a skyscraper in the first panel, exterior of a window in the second panel, and interior of an office in the third panel.

“Superduperman,” Mad #4

Photograph of building from street featuring neon sign and two storefronts.

Summer Evening, Via di Monserrato, Rome

“Chickensouperman” from L’il Abner