One word to embody Jewish identity

One word to embody Jewish identity

Australian Jewish News – 5 March 2026   If there’s one word that embodies Jewish identity and consciousness, it’s “zachor” or “remember”. It’s repeated in one way or another some 169 times in the Tanach or Jewish Bible. It’s an imperative for every Jew. And so we remember our dead on the anniversary of their passing and at the Yizkor service on our festivals. In our contemporary calendar we have a Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and a Day of M…