By Rachel Sacks

must create challenge rather than division. Likewise, both perspectives of G-D’s role in freeing the Israelites—one as liberating and the other as manipulative —are included in the bible. Both perspectives shape the Jewish memory (or memories) experienced in Jewish communities today. Moses, too, carried memories of his identities with him. Although he attempts to forget his past while in Midian, G-D reminds Moses of his identities as Egyptian and Israelite, and he continues to carry these identities with him everywhere he goes.

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Memories are powerful. They can change as we grow older and shape us differently depending on which contexts we immerse ourselves in. What memories prevail in our community as Habonim Dror? How might our memories as Habonim members differ with those of our own towns, campuses, and families? How can different memories create unity and trust, building bridges in the Jewish community instead of burning them?