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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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Unmasked

I have always had the illusion that my face did not clearly betray the calumny of my Jewish heritage. I have always taken care to conceal carefully the bitter secret that my father was a rabbi and my…

Me‘am Lo‘ez to the Song of Songs

Notice, dear readers, that one of the foundations of Judaism is the belief (אמונה) in השארת הנפש, the abidingness of the soul, which means the immortality of the soul, for a person’s soul does not die…

Tolstoy and the Jews

I have often been asked, and still am asked, whether I know from my frequent conversations with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy about his attitudes toward the Jews. I am asked whether I spoke with him on…

Before Your Shining, Full Eyes

Before your shining, full eyes How good it is to live; Before their light every limb is taut Like a eucalyptus after a storm are you: Tired, strong and still moving in the wind My head will reach to…

You, My Master

You, my master, my hidden enemy! I see you hidden In the wind that is around all, in all, everywhere: In my uneasy sleep, in my dark fear at morning, In my labors by day, in my bread and my salt. C…

Sanatorium

Gate, open doorsill, creep near. Room, I’m here; back to the cell. Fire in my flesh. snow on my skull. My shoulder heaves a sack of grief. Good-bye. Good-bye. Hand. Eye. Burning lip charred by…

An Epistle to Hebrew Youth

The Committee for the Consolidation of Hebrew Youth appeals to you only in order that you understand the very essence of what is in common between you and the rest of Hebrew youth, which operates in…