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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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As on this month’s last day

As on this month’s last day, the moon is waning, make my sins wane, O Lord, my merits flourish. I know my heart is hard— a wicked web whose threads are sin— and I deserve the fire for weaving wrong…

On the Shore, Tel Aviv, Winter 1974

A crocodile cloud swallowed a cloud-cloud. All is clogged and where did the war go? The pier is painted red and yellow with the inscription: Tel Aviv. The drums of the depths are indifferent. In the…

Gaudeamus

[…] In my confusion I didn’t know how to answer my detractors, those who brand me a poseur because I pronounce the c in the Castilian manner or I say fellow instead of guy (I love) miscegenations (pe…
Rectangular box and separated lid with two winged figures standing across from each other.
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Ark of Covenant and Cherubs

These are modern reconstructions of the Ark of the Covenant. Chests with images on top and with carrying poles are known from ancient Egypt. The depictions of the cherubs here are based on winged…

New Sheets

I won’t be around forever, Mother said. One day I’m going to die, so I might as well nag you a little bit more, while I have the chance. And when I’m dead you’ll have to rely on someone else to tell…

Acher

  It was like this in the garden:   Ben Azzai looked and died,   Ben Zoma looked and went mad;   Akiba and I went forth in peace, but they said I cut down the young plants.   I said that one is two…

The Sisters Rosensweig

Merv:Sara, can I have my shirt? I’ve got a lunch date with the rabbi of Dublin.Sara:Mervyn, you came all the way to Queen Anne’s Gate. Please sit a minute.Tess:Sit down, Merv. I’ll get your shirt. Win…

Evening in Basel

You won’t find the restaurant in the guidebooks, which is a pity. The owner—he was tall and wearing a sport jacket—greeted us at the door. Our table was waiting in the corner. “And the food is quite…