An idea keeps echoing through the Book of Deuteronomy: "Remember!" "Beware, lest you forget." The writer of Deuteronomy knew it isn't always easy to "remember," but also recognized its importance, so he kept emphasizing it. He knew how vital it is to recall our origins, to be aware of where we came from, to remember how we got where we are, and to keep, consciously, before us the recognition of vital things that allowed us to get here.

J. Wallace Hamilton tells of a sensitive Jew who wrote a book called, "The Search." The story was autobiographical, centering on the pain the man felt in being tied to an identification he did not understand. He was a versatile fellow and a creative one. He had done many things in his life. He had been a reporter, a novelist, a playwright, a social worker, …