The Magdeburg Sphere

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 20, 2019March 20, 2019 History, Literature

Click Here to Read: The Magdeburg Sphere by Marcel Cohen. Remarks given at the Medem Library of the Maison de la Culture Yiddish in Paris on 16 June 2011 as part of a series of talks on “Writing the Catastrophe: Witnessing and Fiction.” Translated by Steven Jaron on the Fortnightly Review website.

The origins of racism

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 20, 2019March 20, 2019 History, Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The origins of racism By Henry Idema on the Holland Sentinel website on March 19, 2019. Image: ElIndignado653. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The New Zealand Terror Attack Shows Our Ethics Lagging Way Behind Our Technology

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Politics

Click Here to Read: The New Zealand Terror Attack Shows Our Ethics Lagging Way Behind Our Technology by Todd Essig on the Forbes Magazine website on March 19, 2019.

Image: Flag_of_New_Zealand. NZ_Locator_Blank.svg: Ozhiker. derivative work: Beao Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Freud’s Botanical Monograph Screen Memory Revisited

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Literature, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Essay I: Freud’s Botanical Monograph Screen Memory Revisited by Robert Lippman from his book The Unknown Freud: Five Plays and Five Essays. Freud dreamed the Botanical Monograph dream 121 years ago this month.

Click Here to Purchase: The Unknown Freud: Five Plays and Five Essays by Robert L. Lippman from IPBooks.

How Dare Chelsea Clinton Defend the Jews?

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Politics

Click Here to Read: How Dare Chelsea Clinton Defend the Jews? A run-in at NYU reveals the unavoidable truth: The war for the soul of the left will be fought over anti-Semitism By James Kirchick on the Tablet website on March 19, 2019. Chelsea Clinton. Photo: Lorie Shaull Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.