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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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Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text on left-hand page with floral border and illustration on right-hand page of three angels standing above bearded figure in robe.
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Harrison Miscellany

The Harrison Miscellany is an early eighteenth-century codex of sixty leaves featuring delicate gouache illustrations and Hebrew texts. Each illustration (likely executed by a Venetian, non-Jewish…
Page with Yiddish and English titles and drawing of fire engulfing building in center.
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The Fire’s Victims

Sheet music for “Die fire korbones” (The Fire's Victims). This song was written in memory of the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which broke out on March 25, 1911…

Hannukah Gelt

Can you guess, children, which is the best of all holidays? Hannukah, of course. You don’t go to cheder for eight days in a row, you eat pancakes every day, spin your dreidel to your heart’s content…

Don’t Be Selfish

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there lived a poor Jewish family in a small Lithuanian village. The oldest son, Borukh, had to go to the forest every day to gather dry twigs for…