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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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A Trip in the Opposite Direction

It’s one in the morning. I’m writing this poem in a train station. What does poetry have to do with trains? I came here unexpectedly traveling the wrong way. Telling the story is risky: I was…

The Vigil

This is a night of vigil for me, in the shudder of my soul I shall conceal the secret of my youth. I shall stand on guard: No sleep nor slumber! And in just one moment the veil was taken away. A…

Paraphrase

The Bible tells us that from the heights Moses blessed the children of Israel, showing them God’s Promised Land, where Moses himself never entered. Like ships passing by when land is in sight so…

Nicodemus

I went under cover of night By back streets and alleyways, Not as one secret and ashamed But with a natural discretion. I passed by a boy and a girl Embraced against the white wall In parts of…

Donna Clara

In the evening through her garden Wanders the Alcalde’s daughter; Festal sounds of drum and trumpet Ring out hither from the castle. “I am weary of the dances, Honeyed words of adulation From the…

Israel and Humanity

Judaism’s approach to history is shaped by the fact that unlike other religions, it locates perfection not at the beginning but at the end of history. This, surely, is the…
Sawhorse table with four images of a helicopter from a bird's-eye view propped up on it.
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Avodat-Ach

Ninio’s art focuses on putting everyday objects into new contexts, which change their original functions, posing questions about the nature of their reality, by opening them up to new relationships…
Sculpture of a cracked table with set of drinking glasses and glass ashtrays on it.
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The Table As It Is

In The Table As It Is, a tabletop perched on precarious legs and precariously set with bottles of wines and glasses seems about to split apart. Dominey’s sculptures present ordinary objects found in…