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Lesson 1 of 8·The Jewish Meaning of Memory

Memory, Collective Memory, and Memory of Trauma—Understanding Parts of Jewish History

In our first lecture, Rabbi Schacter discusses the foundational question of this course: how can a person remember an event that he never experienced? He goes on to discuss the difference between individual and collective memory; what makes Jewish memory distinct; and why understanding how Jews remember tragic events can help explain Jewish endurance.

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Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. From 2000 to 2005, he served as dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute in Boston, and from 1981 to 2000, he served as…

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