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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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The Ninth of Ab

August is flat and still, with ever-thickening green  Leaves, clipped in their richness; hoarse sighs in   the grass,    Moments of mowing, mark out the     lengthening summer. The ground We children…
Mezzotint of peddler in turban presenting box of objects.
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Travail in an Arab Land

Free of any preoccupations, I allowed myself to seek out and investigate the Jews, their manners and customs. They are good-hearted folk, charitable and hospitable to strangers. They honor the Torah…

Sefer hitavkut (Book of Struggle)

You should know and believe me, and understand, that I did not become zealous against the scoffers for my own glory, or for the glory of my father’s house, but that it was zeal for the Almighty that…

The Symptoms of the Time

By emphasizing religious activity, Judaism is completely tied to life and becomes the property of every individual Jew. A religion of pure ideas belongs primarily to the theologians; the masses who…

An Answer to the Slav

I hesitate to sound immodest, So I must warn you in advance, If you will listen now in earnest, Then please excuse my stance. More startling than other words, And I will use this…
Silver multi-tiered hanging lamp with sculpture of lion on top.
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Sabbath Lamp

This Sabbath lamp, cast in silver in Frankfurt am Main, was originally commissioned for a private home. It was made by Johann Valentin Schüler, a craftsman who also produced many other Jewish ritual…
Sculpture of iron grape cluster hanging on wooden framework.
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Grapes and Other Promises

Averbuch uses paving stones, railroad ties, steel, glass, and other reclaimed materials in his sculptures, repurposing them but also allowing them to retain signs of their utilitarian past. His works…
Industrial paint on wood sculpture mounted on wall featuring half moon shaped piece of wood and boxes.
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Jamma’in II

In Tevet’s deconstructionist wall sculpture, Jamma’in II, painted boxes and other shapes, some of which look like tables and chairs, are arranged around a yellow ring. All the objects seem to be in…

Family Chronicle

At that time, this story [parashah] was written: a great event happened to the Jews, which caused downfall such as never had been in the world before and never would occur again. They came before the…