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.
Jewish Women from Adrianople (Edirne)
These depictions of Jewish women from Adrianople (present day Edirne, Turkey) is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have done his own illustrations. Considered…
Portraits of the Franks-Levy Family
In the 1730s, the German Jewish Franks-Levy family commissioned an artist to create portraits of three generations of the family. These paintings are all attributed to Gerardus Duykinck, a member of a…
Sefer ḥerev pifiyot (The Double-Edged Sword)
Christian Priest:Good morning to the Jews.
Jew:A good morning and a good year to my lord.
Priest:Where are you going today to insult the gentiles?
Jew:I do not understand you.
Priest:Have not you Jews…
Shāhzada va Ṣūfī (The Prince and the Sufi)
In the Name of God, May We Endeavor and Succeed.
I Behold God before my Eyes at All Times.
A Dedication to My Master, My Father, May He Live Forever.