Menachem Daum, 77, Filmmaker Who Explored the World of Hasidim, Dies: His acclaimed documentary “A Life Apart” presented a complex portrait of a religious group usually depicted as somber and impenetrable. Menachem Daum, a filmmaker …
On a brilliant blue Tuesday in September 2001, the impervious nature of America was shattered irrevocably. The trauma of 9/11 was in some cases multiplied exponentially for Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as in the …
Under conditions of terror, most people are passive bystanders. Some become persecutors, while few jeopardize their lives to save the victims. Marion Pritchard, who died in December 2016 at the age of 96, risked her …
In December 1976, thanks to my therapy experience with young adult children of Holocaust survivors, I found myself attending a workshop with Dr. Henry Krystal, the psychoanalyst who virtually created trauma therapy as a specialized …
Letters to the Editor of Clio’s Psyche. Dear Editor, In 1976, along with a social worker, I started co-leading awareness groups for children of Holocaust survivors at Boston University. We were young mental-health professionals in …
The Center for Contemporary Political Art will be hosting a fascinating lecture on ZOOM this Sunday, April 26th at 8pm (EST). Dr. Eva Fogelman will discuss the importance and meaning of Boris Lurie’s art—to him, …