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.
Notes of a Social Democrat
The time has come for me to touch upon the people of the Vilna leadership. When Iosif Mil was away and I joined it, the acknowledged leader was my acquaintance A[rkady] Kremer (“Aleksandr”). His…
A Letter to the Polish Premier
I take the liberty of addressing to you my last words, and through you to the Polish Government and the Polish people, to the Governments and the peoples of the Allied States—to the conscience of the…
Czernowitz Conference Speech Celebrating Yiddish
Honored Conference:Three liberating moments in Jewish history created our movement.I don’t want to be a prophet, and to proclaim that we are now experiencing a new historical moment, that we are…
Czernowitz Conference Speech: On National Education
Signs of a new spirit among certain circles of the Jewish intelligentsia can be detected even in the private sphere, within the four walls of their homes. It happens—admittedly, not very often, but…
Alliance with the Sultan
This satirical political cartoon, printed in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the Ladino socialist periodical El Pueblo (The People), mocks Theodor Herzl’s 1902 visit to Istanbul. The cartoon indicates two…
Arabic-Yiddish Teacher: A Guide for the Jewish Legionnaires in the Land of Zion
Cover of Arabish-yidisher lehrer: Veg vayzer far di yidishe legyoneren in Tsiyen (Arabic-Yiddish Teacher: A guide for Jewish legionnaires in Zion). This self-guided primer on Palestinian Arabic for…
Old Wooden Synagogue in Polish Lithuania
Drawing of a wooden synagogue from Maximilian Syrkin’s 1910 article, “Drevnie derevyannye sinagogi v Pol’she i Litve” (Old Wooden Synagogues in Polish Lithuania). Wooden synagogues were a common form…
Photographs of Donat Herrnfeld
The actor, comedian, and playwright Donat (David) Herrnfeld grew up in the small town of Raab (Győr) in Hungary; his family later moved to Vienna. Donat and his siblings performed and toured early on…
Bilderbuch (Picture Book)
[Picture 1]I am king Solomon With scepter and crown Pikkolo is my chancellor. He stands near my throne.
The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
Cartoon in the satirical weekly Borsszem Jankó, depicting the first generation of Borsszem Janko’s writers and illustrators at Kávéforrás (the Coffee Fountain) on Fürdő Street in Budapest, Hungary.
History of the Bene Israel of India: Natal Ritual
Musical notation and words for a lullaby sung to babies in the Bene Israel community in India.
History of the Bene Israel of India
In placing before the public this account of the Bene-Israel of the Bombay Presidency, we think we need make no apology for having selected a subject in which the civilized world has already…