The Western tradition, more particularly the Greeks and even more especially the Epicureans, approach memory from an almost Barbara Streisand-like perspective of what's too painful to remember, we keep trying to forget: in short, historical amnesia (if it's too unpleasant). But nothing could possibly be more antithetical to the Judaic mindset. The Jews have a concept called zakhor, meaning rougly "remember!" But it means so much more than that. It means the preservation of one's traditions generation unto generation as a reminder of God's dealings with His chosen people. It has been said that he who is ignorant of the past is doomed to repeat it. The Holocaust should always be remembered SO THAT IT NEVER FRICKING HAPPENS AGAIN!!!

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Theodore Lamar Heiks
BA, History/Political Science, Western State College of Colorado, 1984
MBA, Entrepreneurship/Marketing, City University of Seattle, 1993