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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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Women-Poems I, II, VI

The women of our family will come to me in dreams at night and say: Modestly we carried a pure blood across generations, Bringing it to you like well-guarded wine from the kosher Cellars of our…

The National Movement

Arise, shine, for thy light is come, Shake thyself from the dust Unlock the lock on your neck Be saved from your enemy. Awaken, get out of thy exile Rise up from your degradation Wake up from your…

Stalinstan

   Stalinstan,    Stalinstan, Who is present and on hand    From the Party,    From the Union? Who was on his way Somewhere else today, When a chain of men caught him And then brought him To…

A White Poet

For H. Leyvik New York. A white poet stood on the hundred-and-fourth floor. The sky and an iron city Engaged in a conversation. A thirsty “forever” marched on In bewildered Disorganization. New York…

Things

From Hoza Street and Marszalkowska carts were moving, Jewish carts:   furniture, tables and chairs,   suitcases, bundles   and chests, boxes and bedding,   suits and portraits,   pots, linen and wall…

A Fire Is Kindled within Me

A fire [of joy] is kindled within me, when I recall [the spiritual climate] when I was in Yemen, [But] my soul [descended to] abysmal depths and was immensely astounded when I came to Zion. The Jews…

Bull

The trains watch us dreaming in these charming meadows. —For we don’t love eating so much as some fellows!— Gorging suits humans, they crave sauce and meat. Me, I love to chew on grass, so green…

Reflections on the Jewish Question

In describing the psychology of what he calls the “inauthentic Jew” among Gentiles, Sartre does not distinguish between the psychology of what I call the “inauthentic” Jew—the Jew who desires, so to…

To Be a Jew

Being a Jew means running forever to God even if you are His betrayer, means expecting to hear any day, even if you are a nay sayer, the blare of Messiah’s horn; means, even if you wish to, you…