Why We Remember
JEWISH TRADITION KEEPS LESSONS ALIVE
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Memory is a curious thing. Often, the gift of recollection is used by individuals to retrieve fond thoughts of past experiences. Glorified periods of our youth, or special moments spent with loved ones that are no longer with us are a couple of clear examples. Somehow, though, we have the ability to forget the troubles, difficulties or challenges invariably associated with those very same times or people. Collective memory, for all people of faith and particularly for the Jews, is notably different. Our people have always reveredhistory, especially our harshest periods, and have fused memory to nationhood, and more significantly to our value and belief system. Not only have we meticulously recorded our tribulations alongside our triumphs, we have elevated ...
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Religion, Pages 8 on 03/06/2010
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