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.
The Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, Interior
This Curaçao synagogue, the oldest surviving one in the Americas, has sand-covered floors.
The Essence of Baseball Explained for Non-Sportsmen
This illustration of a baseball diamond appeared in a short primer on baseball published in a Yiddish newspaper.
Herzl Rug
The machine-woven rugs produced by the by the Torah u-mel’aḥah trade school in Jerusalem for export to France featured important Jewish figures, traditional and modern.
Ketubah for Shavuot
In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot.
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…