Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory A source page for quotes linked to Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi. 0 quotes
“[M]y terror of forgetting is greater than my terror of having too much to remember. Let the accumulated facts about the past continue to multiply. ... So that those who need can find that this person did live, those events really took place, this interpretation is not the only one.” PastHistoryMemoryRemembranceForgetting Book:Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory Source: Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory
“The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory. He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact.” DoeChallengesMemoriesHistoryGapsHistorianSurvived Author:Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
“Major Trends [is] the canonical modern work on the nature and history of Jewish mysticism. For a sophisticated understanding, not only of the dynamics of Jewish mysticism, but of the exquisite complexities of Jewish history and tradition, Major Trends is a major port of entry through which one must pass.” UnderstandingModernMajorsTraditionComplexityMysticismTrendsSophisticatedExquisitePortEntryDynamicsJewish History Author:Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
