本文以一个致力于保留法国的埃及犹太人社群文化传统的组织为例,探讨了在建构过去的过程中,相互分离却又相互补充的两个过程——记忆与传统——之间的关系。对这一自愿性组织的经验研究使我们能够了解在竭力保护以相当复杂地混合历史与身份为特征的文化传统的行动中所涉及的相关内容、目标、方法与行为者。这种努力基于一种通过社会交换与交流以及物质和文献的路径等多种方式而构建的集体记忆;它寻求为不同的代际之间提供一种联接,这一联接贯穿了其致力于复苏的过去、现在与未来。在这一事例中,传统动员起曾经生活于埃及的那几代人的资源,甚至于延伸到近期一段时间,以便这种传统能够被传递给那些从未对埃及有过直观感受的后代人。 Taking an organization devoted to preserving the cultural traditions of the Egyptian Jewish community in France as an example, this article explores the relationship between memory and tradition in the process of building the past, but separated from each other. Empirical studies of this voluntary organization have enabled us to understand the relevant content, goals, methods and actors involved in our endeavor to preserve cultural traditions characterized by a fairly complex mix of history and identity. Such efforts are based on a collective memory constructed in a variety of ways, including through social exchange and exchange, along with the material and literary pathways; it seeks to provide a link between different generations, through its commitment to recovery Past, present and future. In this case, the resources traditionally mobilized from those generations that once lived in Egypt have even been extended to some time in the future so that this tradition can be passed on to future generations who have never had an intuitive view of Egypt.