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.
Narcisse
Program cover of a 1911 performance of the Ballet Russe at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, showing Léon Bakst’s costume design for Narcisse.
Men of Renown
For twenty-two years I have been one of the parnasim [board members] and leaders of this magnificent congregation, the city of Lwów; my heart has moved me to do good work in memory of the generations…
Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History
The task of this book was determined by its being part of the Grundriß [der Gesamtwissenschaft des Judentums; Fundamental Study toward the Comprehensive Knowledge of Judaism] series. Based on…
Principles, Duties, and Practices of Judaism Intended for the Moral and Religious Instruction of Hebrew Youth
II.
One must love one’s country, defend it, obey its laws, love one’s fellow citizens, and not disturb their peace.
Work toward the well-being, peace, and prosperity of the…
A Bag of Lies
Our associates claim—and in moments of weakness we tend to agree—that this compilation has no need for introduction because the subjects speak for themselves. In addition, we cannot…
Toldot Ya‘akov Yosef (The Offshoots of Jacob Joseph)
I heard from the venerable rabbinic scholar, R. Nahman, an interpretation of the words of [the Besht] that one should intend in every word that he utters submissiveness…
Paris, Rome, Jerusalem, or the Religious Question in the Nineteenth Century
In all times of transition such as the one we are now undergoing, on every occasion when human society passes from one era to another era, from one way of doing things to another way of doing them…
Phaedon
Following the example of Plato, I have Socrates in his last hours relate the arguments for the immortality of the human soul to his students. The dialogue of the Greek author, which has the name Phaed…
Outside #3
In one of her early photography projects, Rovner took Polaroids of an abandoned Bedouin shack in the desert and reprinted them in different ways. Here the shack appears blurred, ghostly, as if seen…
Group of Soldiers
Based on an earlier (1992) image with soldiers in mixed media, this painting depicts soldiers in a setting that does not suggest a particular place. Instead, the yellow background with various insects…
Sheloshah tso‘akim (Three Who Cry Out)
Hear, O Israel, descendants of holy ones: see that newcomers have recently arrived intending to make grapes, but instead have produced wild grapes [see Isaiah 5:2]. There is no local foundation for…
Memórias do estabelecimento e progresso dos judeus portuguezes e espanholes nesta famosa cidade de Amsterdam (Account of the Establishment and Progress of the Portuguese and Spanish Jews in This Famous City of Amsterdam)
On the night of 20 Iyar 5503 [May 14, 1743], the sad news was announced regarding the death of the most exemplary ḥazan [cantor] R. Sem[uel] Rod[rigue]s Mendes, in…