The Weekly Reader from the Yiddish Book Center

By Tamar SchwartzApril 9, 2023April 9, 2023 Books, EVENTS, Literature

When was the last time you sat down and read an entire book of poetry? For many of us, I’m guessing, poetry just isn’t part of the regular reading diet. (I know it’s true for me.) National Poetry Month, celebrated every April since 1996, is a good reminder that there’s plenty of great poetry out there, and reading it is bound to be rewarding. But Yiddish poetry is far less frequently translated than Yiddish prose, even though the amount of Yiddish poetry that’s been written and published is vast. So, in honor of National Poetry Month—and because reading poetry is always a good idea—we’re going to highlight some of the more poetic items in our collection. Pull up your comfiest chair, relax, and enjoy!

Approaching the Asymptote

Although it doesn’t happen quite as often as we’d like, Yiddish poetry does receive recognition from the wider literary world. In its summer 2019 issue, the literary journal Asymptote devoted an entire section to Yiddish poetry, including translations of work by Yankev Glatshteyn, Itzik Manger, Debra Vogel, and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, among others. On this episode of The Shmooze podcast, Alexander Dickow and Asymptote editor in chief Lee Yew Leong talk about editing that special edition.
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The Technē of Memory at the Helix Center

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 10, 2023March 10, 2023 EVENTS

The Technē of Memory 18 March 2023 at the NYPSI on 247 East 82nd Street New York, NY 10028

What is memory? How does it determine our experience and identity? To what extent does memory influence our understanding of the future? Or of time itself? How do individual memories differ from collective ones? What happens to our sense of belonging and selfhood when our memories are externalized in digital devices? Throughout the history of philosophy and increasingly in neurological studies, these questions have been central to our understanding of human experience. Continue reading The Technē of Memory at the Helix Center

Invitation to 3-11-23 – Developmental Mourning – by Dr. Kavaler-Adler – Book Celebration

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Books, EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

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YOU ARE INVITED TO THE BOOK CELEBRATION VIRTUAL PARTY

Selected Papers by Susan Kavaler-Adler, Volume 1:
Developmental Mourning, Erotic Transference,
and Object Relations Psychoanalysis

Date/time: March 11, 2023, 1pm – 4pm EST

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The Body and Psychosis at the Helix Center

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 27, 2023January 27, 2023 EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

The Body and Psychosis 11 February 2023 247 East 82nd Street New York, NY 10028
A new movement within Cognitive Psychology, known as 4E Cognition, views thought and behavior as embodied, embedded, enactive & extended. Each of these four strands has a rich (and ongoing) philosophical history. Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, Bahktin, Vygotsky and others have drawn attention to the role of action and interaction in (in)forming our experience. What do our bodies contribute to qualia, to the phenomenology that seems to mark consciousness for us? How does our embeddedness in a social world with others impact our sense of reality? And what role is played by our constant manipulation of things and interaction with others in anchoring us, not simply the way gravity keeps our feet on the ground, but as a woven fabric creates a world we can inhabit and experience together? Continue reading The Body and Psychosis at the Helix Center

Cancer and Death Anxiety Webinar

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022 EVENTS

DISCUSSION AND INSIGHTS
Death anxiety is neglected in psychoanalysis, in theory and practice. This webinar brings together a group of experts in the psychoanalytic treatment of death anxiety. The audience will be initially introduced to a patient with a three-month prognosis by Norm Straker, MD to reflect on how they would respond to this referral. Prior to a description of the treatment of this patient, Sheldon Solomon, PhD will describe his research on the unconscious defenses against death anxiety, which he has termed “terror management”.
Dr. Straker’s description of his treatment of the patient prominently illustrates the clinical application of Solomon’s research and should help the clinician lessen death anxiety in their
treatment of terminally ill patients.
Linda Emanuel, MD a palliative care specialist, will describe “existential maturity “a term she has designated from her clinical work in palliative care. Finally, Jeffrey Guss, MD will describe his research on the use of psilocybin-assisted therapy in cancer patients with existential distress or demoralization syndrome, and how substance assisted therapy may reduce death anxiety.
Harvey Schwartz, MD will be our moderator. After the presentations, we will move into breakout rooms, each led by one of the
speakers, for small group discussion, and then reconvene to end the webinar in a large group discussion with all participants and speakers.