In ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino and his gang of vigilantes target Nazis in 1970s America

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Arts, Politics

Click Here to Read: In ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino and his gang of vigilantes target Nazis in 1970s America BY Esther D. Kustanowitz on the Jewish News of Northern California website on February 21, 2020.

National Security Cinema

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Film, Politics

Click Here to Read: National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood—How the US military and CIA go about their propaganda operations By Charles Bogle on the World Socialist Website on February 27, 2020.

2020 began with the hottest January in recorded history

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Science

Click Here to Read: 2020 began with the hottest January in recorded history By Philip Guelpa on the World Socialist Web Site on February 26, 2020. Image: RCraig09. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 25, 2020February 25, 2020 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab by Liz Fuller-Wright, Office of Communications on the Princeton University website on January 9, 2020.

18-month old Sawyer Aakre is already a natural on the Apple iPad Image: Intel Free Press Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Analyst: Disabled and Enabled by What’s Personal with Judy L. Kantrowitz at NYPSI

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 25, 2020February 25, 2020 EVENTS

NYPSI’s 1042nd Scientific Meeting: The Analyst: Disabled and Enabled by What’s Personal with presenter Judy L. Kantrowitz, Ph.D. and discussant Theodore Jacobs, M.D. “The Analyst: Disabled and Enabled by What’s Personal” Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 8:00 – 10:00 pm New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute 247 East 82nd Street, NYC (btwn 2nd and 3rd Aves) $30 – General Admission $20 – Student Admission No charge for NYPSI members and students

How do we become analysts? This presentation will focus on how the analyst can be both enabled and disabled by his/her own character and Continue reading The Analyst: Disabled and Enabled by What’s Personal with Judy L. Kantrowitz at NYPSI

New Forms of Melancholia with Massimo Recalcati at Apres Coup

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 24, 2020February 24, 2020 EVENTS

FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: New Forms of Melancholia Massimo Recalcati Wednesday, April 8, 2020 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University 24 West 12th Street, NYC

The Freudian clinic has described melancholia as a moral delusion mostly based on a sense of guilt. Due to the way in which repression is now being understood, we are identifying forms of melancholia that indicate an eclipse of desire rather than guilt. These forms become the opportunity to Continue reading New Forms of Melancholia with Massimo Recalcati at Apres Coup

Learning to Love Yiddish

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 23, 2020February 23, 2020 Literature

Click Here to Read: Learning to Love Yiddish: I used to think the language was hopelessly uncool. Now I’ve changed my tune By Samantha Shokin on the Tablet website on February 11, 2020.
Yiddish language distribution in the United States. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.