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.

Tombstone with inscription in Hebrew and Portuguese above floral motifs and engraving of hand with an ax reaching out of cloud to chop down tree.

Tombstone of Rachel Pereira

Tombstone Inscriptions (Curaçao)

Italics indicate that the text was written in Hebrew, not Portuguese.

Rectangular tombstone of Hebrew inscriptions.

Tombstone of Menahem Ventura

Tombstone of three cherubs and central Portuguese inscription, with engraving of wilted flower, skull, hourglass, and sun, with top panel of engraving of man riding in a procession through street and Hebrew text across the middle.

Tombstone of Mordecai Hezekiah Namias de Crasto (replica)

Tombstone with crest on top, and twin columns of text below.

Tombstone of Manuel Levy Ximenes Belmonte and Esther de Pinto

Manuel Levy Ximenes Belmonte (1729) and Esther de Pinto (1741)

Tombstone with Latin inscription on top half and illustration below of axe chopping tree in half, surrounded by English words around perimeter of stone.

Tombstone of Abraham Pereira d’Azevedo

Tombstone flat on ground depicting coat of arms above Spanish inscription and relief of house surrounded by trees and next to sailboat.

Tombstone of Esther de la Pena Gabay Henriques

Tombstone in the shape of a triangular prism with carving of open book on short end with Hebrew and Portuguese inscriptions and decoration along length of stone.

Tombstone of Abraham Cohen Pimentel

Tombstone Inscriptions (Jamaica)

Gravestone of honorable old lady Sra Rachel, wife of the wealthy citizen the honorable R. Jacob Fernandes Gill, deceased, seventh day of Passover, 22 Nisan 5486May her soul be…

Cloth cover with embroidery and metal crown, and crown resting on top of cloth.

Torah Mantle (Venice)

Three cylindrical embroidered cloth covers, two with crowns on top and one with two finials on top.

Torah Mantles (Netherlands)

Cloth with fringe on bottom, Hebrew text on top and middle, and border of foliage.

Torah Mantle (Vienna)