Life has a way of placing things along our path in a curious and auspicious way. This, for example, is how an article by Lawrence Peacock caught my eye today, about learning to live in the absence of our parents. It was an almost eerie coincidence, as my husband’s father passed away last week, the last of our children’s four… READ MORE>>
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Celebrity Reminders of Mental Anguish
Posted by on June 6, 2018
Yesterday’s media headlines brought another poignant reminder that mental illness can afflict even the biggest names, with pop star Ariana Grande opening up about her struggle with PTSD and anxiety in the aftermath of the Manchester terror attack that killed 22 people at her concert last year. Grande revealed to British Vogue that she has always struggled with anxiety, but… READ MORE>>
Audio recordings available of my ten lecture series: “Our Parents, Our Selves, Our Changing Lives”
Posted by on June 2, 2018
I have posted on my Youtube channel the audio-recordings of a ten-lectures series I gave in Brooklyn last year. The lectures were focused on enhancing the lives of children of Holocaust survivors at this chapter in their lives. Issues characteristic of growing up as a child of survivors were reviewed, including unique vulnerabilities as well as strengths, with a particular… READ MORE>>
Historical Trauma: The Intergenerational Transmission of Suffering
Posted by on April 22, 2018
An interesting article (click this link) about the way in which famine, wars, slavery and persecution affect the descendants of those who were persecuted. Interestingly, this paper focuses primarily on non-Jewish populations that were exposed to traumatic conditions and on the effects that were passed down the generations in such groups. Irit Felsen
From Trauma to Rebirth: Shoa, Independence, Mourning, and Resilience
Posted by on April 18, 2018
These two weeks hold three very significant days for Jewish people in Israel and elsewhere: Yom HaShoa, commemorating the devastation and the heroism of victims of the Holocaust, Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of terror, and Yom Ha’azmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Established after the Holocaust and perhaps only because of it, the existence of… READ MORE>>
Thoughts for Yom HaShoa, 2018
Posted by on April 10, 2018
Beginning tomorrow evening (Wednesday, April 11, 2018), we will commemorate Yom HaShoa. Many survivors, like my own parents, who were in their early twenties when the war destroyed their world, are no longer with us. The number of survivors who are still alive dwindles down with every passing day. But still with us are some remarkable child and adolescent survivors,… READ MORE>>