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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 Dilemma

When I see Hannah in full light, when I remember Naomi, perfect in splendour—my soul is aflame for Hannah, my spirit is kindled for Naomi.Here I am, sitting on the fence: Hannah, as of today, is my…

Bubba Esther, 1888

She was still upset, she wanted to tell me, she kept remembering his terrible hands: how she came, a young girl of seventeen, a freckled fairskinned Jew from Kovno to Hamburg with her uncle and…

Lecture with Celan

How many know the number of creatures is endless? So many know, only a gasp in their questions is possible. All that fullness— of wounds that won’t scar over. pain’s grillework persisting in…
Bronze weight in shape of crouching lion.
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Lion-shaped Weight

Lion-shaped weight, Arad, Iron Age II (ca. 980–586 BCE). A balance scale would use weights to measure goods. Weights were usually dome-shaped, but some were shaped like animals. This well-preserved…
Terra-cotta figurine of horse with ornament on head.
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Horse with Object on Head

Several horse figurines have objects on the forehead, like this one. The object may represent the horse’s forelock or mane, or perhaps a decorative ornament. This terra-cotta figurine from the City of…
Oval seal impression of horse.
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Seal Impression with Prancing Horse

This image, found at En Gedi, depicts a prancing or galloping horse with its head and right foreleg raised. The high level of skill shown in the realistic engraving makes it one of the finest seals…
Ceramic offering stand with four rows of windows and small protruding feet with five toes on the bottom row of windows.
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Ceramic Offering Stand from Ai

This stand is 26 inches (66 cm) high and open at the top and bottom. It has four rows of windows and five feet, with five toes each, protruding near the bottom (three of the feet are visible in the…

Lisistrata 2000

Bigdickus:Where’s he going? [shouting at an aide who has just exited] Where do you think you’re going?!Prostitutus:He thinks he’s going to baby-sit.Bigdickus:Babysitting? I sent him to kill her and he…