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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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My heart desires to praise the Lord

My heart desires to praise the Lord though I do not see Him. Yet I praise him every day for all His kindnesses to me, My soul gives thanks to Him for it belongs to Him and comes from Him.    My heart…

The little lightning bolt of Yemen

The little lightning bolt of Yemen flashed, despite the overwhelming darkness, Spurring on sheets of dewy rain to the joy of mankind, The rivers of Paradise are streams, watering the roses and the…

Kitchen Judaism

Kashruth was not only redefined but repositioned as a growing number of American Jews restricted its observance to the home. The new geography of kashruth promoted a more flexible approach toward…

Modeh Ani

Thank you, Lord, for having me awaken to become a witness to the flaming of the sun. Someone gently shook me from my bed as I was somewhere in a dream of visiting Jerusalem again. And I walked (still…
Page with diagonal and horizontal Yiddish and German text.
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Cover of Albatros, No. 3

Albatros, a journal of literature and graphic art, debuted in Warsaw in 1922 and published its final two issues in Berlin. The journal was edited by the Hebrew-Yiddish poet Uri Zvi Greenberg and…
Portrait painting of a bald man, whose face looks gaunt and injured, looking at the viewer.
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Portrait of Yitzhak Katzenelson

Yitzhak Katzenelson (1885–1944) was a Hebrew and Yiddish poet from Łódź who was imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was extraordinarily prolific as a poet, playwright, translator and public…
Abstract painting featuring simple circles, half-circles, squares, and triangles.
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Rythme Coloré

Rythme coloré (Colored Rhythm) embodies the concept of Simultanisme, a style developed by Sonia Delaunay and her husband Robert Delaunay in the 1910s. Simultanisme (also known as Orphism) was based on…
Drawing on paper of hills, water with boat, and buildings, with Hebrew text on top and border with vines and architectural elements.
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Shiviti

This remarkable illustration is at the same time a shiviti—traditionally, a decorative plaque bearing the verse: “I am ever mindful of the Lord’s presence”—and a topographic map of the land of Israel…