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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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Sculpture of a bull with fish-like body carrying figure.
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The Rape of Europa

The rape of Europa is a story from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus seduces the princess Europa and, taking the form of a bull, carries her on his back to the Mediterranean island of Crete. The…
Pamphlet cover page featuring Hitler as an ape in the shape of a swastika with French text.
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Les Hitlériques, cover

Les Hitlériques was a collection of anti-Hitler verses that Knafo composed in Mogador, Morocco in September and October 1939. This courageous and biting publication was very different from his…

My Little Son

I have a son, a little son, a youngster mighty fine! and when I look at him I feel that all the world is mine. But seldom do I see him when he’s wide awake and bright. I always find him sound…

Hanukkah

By the window I lit a taper A Hanukkah candle, gentle child. Many are the memories And the memories are brilliant. A regiment of riders, mighty men, If they appear before you, Do not fear, gentle…
Large-scale abstract sculpture of sharp metal lines and edges installed on wall.
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And the Bush Was Not Consumed

Herbert Ferber’s twelve-foot-high sculpture was originally commissioned to adorn the façade of Congregation B’nai Israel in Milburn, New Jersey. Percival Goodman, the new building’s architect…

A Comet Portending War

I have seen other stars with a tail before, but the people were frightened by this awesome torch. As an omen of war it does sadden my heart. Let us turn to our God, let us try to please Him.

Virgins Plus Curtains Minus Dots

Houses hold virgins The doors on the chain ‘Plumb streets with hearts’ ‘Bore curtains with eyes’ Virgins   without dots Stare   beyond probability See the men pass Their hats are not ours We  …

Second Haman

[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
Page of Hebrew and Italian text framed by floral motifs and three women at the top: one with drawing tool and Zodiac symbols, one with two babies, and one holding sword.
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Wedding Riddle

This wedding riddle from Italy is written in Hebrew and Judeo-Italian. Wedding songs, sometimes performed by professional jesters, were traditional at Jewish weddings. Some had lyrics in the form of…
Wood-carving of a man in skullcap examining an object in his hands.
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A Jewish Tailor

A Jewish Tailor is one of Mark Antokolski’s earliest sculptures, created while he was still a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The work appeared in an era of liberalization of tsarist…