Remembering is a Jewish value, but what about forgetting?

Remembering is a Jewish value, but what about forgetting?

Fractured Tablets By Mira Balberg University of California Press, 300 pages, $35 Sometimes scrutinizing ancient Jewish law reveals not just strictures and admonitions, but also benign acceptance and humaneness. Such is the conclusion of Fractured Tablets, Mira Balberg’s new book about the Mishnah. A mishmosh of sometimes contradictory legal opinions about different aspects of Jewish life, the Mishnah was compiled over 1,800 years ago. Fractured …