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.
Rachel Félix: Jewish Actress and Icon of 1848 France
The faith and fame of Rachel Félix, a Jewish actress who became a national icon, were intertwined with emancipation.
The Arms of Lopez and Suasso: A Jewish Family in 17th-Century Amsterdam
Isaac Lopez Suasso, a Sephardic merchant ennobled in 1676, used heraldry to navigate privilege, identity, and faith in Christian Europe.
The Book of Jewish Food: Egyptian Jewish Roots and Global Flavors
Claudia Roden reflects on how Jewish recipes preserve lost worlds—linking migration, memory, and identity from Egypt to kitchens worldwide.
The Jewish Manual: A Pioneering Anglo-Jewish Cookbook
The first Anglo-Jewish cookbook, published in 1846, blends cuisine, culture, and femininity.
From Baghdad to Brooklyn: An Arab-Jewish America
Jack Marshall recalls his Brooklyn childhood in an Arab Jewish community rich with Middle Eastern food, language, and cultural fusion.
Judith Trachtenberg: A Novel
There was a boy, Raphael, and a girl, Judith. The latter gave promise of great beauty. Both received a careful education, in accordance with the requirements of the age, from a tutor, one Herr…
Hanukkah Lamp. Unorthodox Menorah II
Otterson was first inspired to explore the multiple symbolic meanings of the menorah after a trip to Israel in the early 1990s. He made the branches of his reimagined Hanukkah menorah out of copper…
The Return of the Jewish Volunteer from the Wars of Liberation
Moritz Oppenheim’s iconic painting of a Jewish soldier’s homecoming reflects pride, tradition, and ambivalence in an age of emancipation.
Out of Egypt: A Last Passover in Alexandria
A poignant scene depicts André Aciman’s family celebrating their final Passover in Egypt before exile.
“A Culture Stillborn”: The Birth of Levantine Literature
Egyptian Jewish writer Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff envisions a Levantine literature bridging Middle Eastern life and European culture.
Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel: White Jews, Black Jews
Scholar Sami Shalom Chetrit analyzes Mizrahi life in Israel through “oppression relations,” revealing how power, race, and assimilation shaped Jewish identity.