THIS NEW FOUR-LESSON COURSE of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning addresses the important role of collective collective memory in the ongoing development and adaptation of Judaism throughout the generations. What do we remember and why? How are national memories formed and preserved? The course opens with the Torah’s directive to remember the attempted Jewish national genocide perpetrated by Israel’s arch-enemy, Amalek. The next three lessons each explore significant historical periods and the memories formed around them: reflections on the Spanish expulsion, recollections of Poland…