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.
God Speaks
Then the Lord replied to Job out of the tempest and said:
Who is this who darkens counsel,
Speaking without knowledge?
Gird your loins like a man;
I will ask and you will inform Me.
Where were…
Jeremiah
This bronze plaque, one of the many decorative art objects produced in the workshops of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, depicts the biblical prophet Jeremiah, whose name is…
East Side Girl
Gross was known for his wooden sculptures and his focus on the human figure. He first studied art on the Lower East Side of Manhattan when he came to the United States and he later taught there at the…
I Believe
Laugh, laugh at all the dreams
I, the dreamer, declare them too.
Laugh that I have faith in mankind
And I still believe in you.
For my soul still yearns for freedom
I have not sold it for a calf of…
Hear, O Israel!
Hear, O Israel!
Will you never tire of repeating in your prayers:
“Praised be the Eternal, who avengeth my injuries,
Who protecteth my rights, who supporteth me in need,
Who crusheth my foes, who…
De verwoeste stad (“The Destroyed City”), 1953, Plein 1940, Rotterdam
Ossip Zadkine first conceived of Der verwoeste stad (“The Destroyed City”) in 1946 when he saw the utter devastation in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, which had been heavily bombed by Nazi Germany in…
Zayt gezunt (Farewell)
Farewell, farewell,
Tomorrow I depart.
I’ve sewn myself a pack
And had my hair cut off.
I’ve got myself a belt
That’s tethered to my chains,
Said good-bye to all my neighbors
Through the wall that…
On the Roads of Siberia
On the roads of Siberia
Someone may still uncover a button, a lace
Of my torn shoe,
A leather belt, a shard of a clay mug,
A page of the holy book.
On the rivers of Siberia
Someone may still…
The Gathering of Israel, Kibbutz Galuyot
Gedula Ogen’s ceramic art was said to have been inspired by her early exposure to ancient arts and crafts; as a child she had accompanied her father on trips to photograph archaeological digs. The…
God, Man, and Devil
Hershele:For a long time . . . The first evening that you were with us, on Hanuka . . . you said that . . . that Freydenyu . . . my wife’s niece . . . that . . .Mischief:What could I have said about…
Survivors Are Not Heroes
Survivors Are Not Heroes stands five meters tall on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Etrog intended the bronze sculpture to serve as a critique of traditional war memorials, which…
Efficiency in Public Service
The opportunity for which we have been struggling has come. We have the opportunity of developing a Homeland, but nothing more than an opportunity. It is urgent that we enter upon the work, urgent…