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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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Clockwork Doll

That night, I was a clockwork doll and I whirled around, this way and that, and I fell on my face and shattered to bits and they tried to fix me with all their skill. Then I was a proper doll once…

Each Rose

Each rose is an island of the promised peace, the eternal peace. Inside the petals of each rose dwells a sapphire bird called “And They Shall Beat Their Swords.” And it seems so close, the light…

The Case of Boris Kochubiyevsky

On May 13–16th, 1969, the Kiev Regional Court examined the case of Boris Kochubiyevsky, accused under article 187-1 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code, which corresponds to article 190-1 of the Russian…

Isbilia

I’m seeking you, Isbilia, my sultana, on the cloudy circle of water where I spread my glance to pierce your reflection, somewhere, between the foam and the wave, on the crest of imperceptible…

New York: February 1965

On a day transparent with light like a landscape by Monet, my childhood broke away from a small Jewish town and glided on ice blue in the distance— while a small cloud hovered in me like a cloud of a…

Awake My People!

Awake, my people! How long will you slumber? The night has passed, the sun shines bright. Awake, lift up your eyes, look around you— Acknowledge, I pray you, your time and your place. . . . The…
Posters of two men with Hebrew writing above their heads and paint splattered over faces.
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Yitzchak Rabin / Benjamin Netanyahu

Lavie was a leader of the Tel Aviv School, or 10+ group, artists who were among the first Israeli artists to incorporate pop art, found objects, and collage into their work. In the early 1960s, Lavie…