What to Know About Kessler Syndrome, the Ultimate Space Disaster

Click Here to Read:  What to Know About Kessler Syndrome, the Ultimate Space Disaster: Accumulating space debris is leading us toward a catastrophe that could make portions of Earth orbit inaccessible By George Dvorsky on the Gizmodo website on  November 17, 2021.
The International Space Station.  Image:  NASA/Boeing Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons


 
 

How Did a 15th-Century Coin Minted Under Henry VII End Up in Newfoundland?

Click Here to Read:  How Did a 15th-Century Coin Minted Under Henry VII End Up in Newfoundland? Dated to between 1493 and 1499, the silver half-groat is the oldest English coin ever found in Canada  by David Kindy on the Smithsonian website on November 12, 2021.

Post-Medieval coin: half sovereign of Henry VIII  Image: St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2013-12-17 12:26:35  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

“What the Children Taught Us” A Panel Discussion Four Child Treatment Vignettes Via Zoom during COVID-19 with CFS

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“What the Children Taught Us” A Panel Discussion Four Child Treatment Vignettes Via Zoom during COVID-19
Friday, December 3, 2021 12:00-2:00pm Online via Zoom 2 CEUs Available

At the start of the COVID lockdown in March of 2020, Kim Kleinman of CFS organized an online clinical group supervision/ support group for child analysts across the country. The group met twice per week. We initially focused on clinicians’ fears and anxiety around COVID, as well as the treatment challenges of working in a brand new way via Zoom. What made this time so unique was that both our patients and their clinicians were being affected simultaneously by the impact of this terrifying virus. Fear and anxiety gave way to an exploration of trauma in real time. For many of us, perhaps not surprisingly, the children we were treating (of all ages) led the way into this new “screen” technology. We were the novices, and they were our teachers in this virtual space. The clinical frame changed nearly overnight. Continue reading “What the Children Taught Us” A Panel Discussion Four Child Treatment Vignettes Via Zoom during COVID-19 with CFS

Racism and Anti-Semitism: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Othering  with panelists: Leon Hoffman, M.D. in conversation with Susannah Heschel, Ph.D. and J. Kameron Carter, Ph.D.

NYPSI’s 1052nd Scientific Meeting:  Racism and Anti-Semitism: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Othering  with panelists: Leon Hoffman, M.D. in conversation with Susannah Heschel, Ph.D. and J. Kameron Carter, Ph.D.

Racism and Anti-Semitism: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Othering   Panelists: Leon Hoffman, M.D. in conversation with Susannah Heschel, Ph.D. and J. Kameron Carter, Ph.D. The third in a series of three meetings devoted to the notion of conflict, both small-scale and large-scale, intra-institutional and inter-national.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | 8:00 – 10:00 pm (EST) (Held Virtually on ZOOM) $35 – General Admission $25 – Student Admission   No charge for NYPSI Continue reading Racism and Anti-Semitism: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Othering  with panelists: Leon Hoffman, M.D. in conversation with Susannah Heschel, Ph.D. and J. Kameron Carter, Ph.D.

New York Times Report on Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938

Click Here to Read: New York Times Report on Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938:  A New York Times story from November 10, 1938, that reports on the events of Kristallnacht in Munich and other cities around Germany on the Facing History website. 

German citizens look the other way on Nov. 10 1938, the day after Kristallnacht. What they see or don’t want to see are destroyed Jewish shops and houses. Image:  Author Unknown.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.