Shabbat Parshat Zachor - AJC Shabbat Table
In this week's AJC Shabbat Table, we consider the meaning of the commandment to remember Amalek in Parshat Zachor, the special Torah reading traditionally read on the Shabbat before Purim, and we provide some questions to spur conversation about the role of Jewish collective memory in ensuring the future of Judaism. We also remember the 1917 dedication of the Midrás Abarbanel, the first synagogue established in Madrid since the expulsion of Jews in 1492, marking a rebirth of Jewish communal life there.