Yadayim (Torah Pointers)

Rectangular cloth, folded in two places, with Hebrew text embroidered on bottom half of cloth and floral border on top half.

Torah Binder

This Torah binder is one of the earliest examples from Italy. The binder (also known as a wimpel) was intended to accompany the male child through his lifetime, through the stages of his circumcision…

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Drawing of a round seal with lion, lamb, child, snake, and Star of David which reads in English, "Israel's Mission is Peace."

Seal of the Jewish Publication Society of America

The Jewish Publication Society of America (JPS) was founded in Philadelphia in 1888. (It had a number of precursors that did not last.) Today, JPS is the oldest nonprofit, nondenominational publisher…

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Good Night, World

Good night, wide world. Big, stinking world. Not you, but I, slam the gate. In my long robe, With my flaming, yellow patch, With my proud gait, At my own command— I return to the ghetto. Wipe out…

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