In 1913 Vienna, Freud meets Hitler — and the patient of his nightmares
Richard Ledes’ ‘V13’ stars Alan Cumming as the father of psychoanalysis
Richard Ledes’ ‘V13’ stars Alan Cumming as the father of psychoanalysis
In honor of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 100th birthday, we take a deep dive into the cultural institution’s massive Yiddish archive
In 1919, Freud wrote about how something all too familiar can morph into a shockingly unfamiliar nightmare
Naomi Seidman writes about the relationship between Freud and the Yiddish and Hebrew translations of his work
100 years later, the frenzy surrounding the murder of Bobby Franks still raises uncomfortable questions about antisemitism
In a handsomely-furnished psychologist’s office, below a picture window offering a view of a city skyline, a reclined figure, staring down a stately portrait of Freud, speaks about his doting mother and his abusive father. The patient, a man in his mid-30s, is a veteran and amateur artist with a criminal record; he is prone…
Louise Bourgeois did not trust words; this is what numerous articles and essays about the artist will tell you. That fact is also mentioned at “Louise Bourgeois: Freud’s Daughter,” a new exhibit at the Jewish Museum, which shows more than 50 of the French-born artist’s works alongside pages and pages of musings and notes she…
Sigmund Freud couldn’t help but think that he was destined for great things — and, as with so many things in his worldview, the fault lay with his mother. The future father of psychoanalysis was born with a caul, a bit of amniotic membrane attached to his head. Amalia Freud believed that its presence portended…
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