Tomorrow evening I will host the ninth meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors at the Boro Park Y. The meeting will be Tuesday May 2, beginning at 7 pm. More details are available below. Couple relationships are our most important support system throughout life and especially in midlife and in the later years, after adult children… READ MORE>>
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REMINDER FOR TOMORROW: Ninth Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors, Tues. May 2 at the Boro Park Y
Posted by on May 1, 2017
New Book Published, with Two Chapters by Irit Felsen: “Psychoanalysis and Holocaust Testimony: Unwanted Memories of Social Trauma”
Posted by on April 30, 2017
I am very pleased to announce that this week a new book, in which I contributed two chapters, was published and has became available,. The book is entitled “Psychoanalysis and Holocaust Testimony: Unwanted Memories of Social Trauma“ and was edited by Dori Laub and Andreas Hamburger, and published by Routledge. My chapters describe my experiences together with Dori Laub as… READ MORE>>
Ninth Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors, Tues. May 2 at the Boro Park Y
Posted by on April 27, 2017
Next Tuesday, I will host the ninth meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors at the Boro Park Y. The meeting will be Tuesday May 2, beginning at 7 pm. More details are available below. Couple relationships are our most important support system throughout life and especially in midlife and in the later years, after adult children… READ MORE>>
Article in Jewish Standard about tomorrow’s Yom Hashoah presentation (Sun. Apr. 23) at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck
Posted by on April 22, 2017
An article has been written in the Jewish Standard about my Yom Hashoah presentation at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck tomorrow (Sun. Apr. 23). The article can be found online at http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/living-in-a-dual-reality/. Irit Felsen
REMINDER: Presentation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial for the Holocaust, on Tues. Apr. 25/2017
Posted by on April 18, 2017
On Tuesday April 25, 2017, I will be presenting a lecture about child and adolescent Holocaust survivors, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial for the Holocaust in Manhattan. The lecture is part of the 18th Annual Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Conference for Educators, the flyer for which is shown below. Advance registration is required to attend. More information… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Yom Hashoah Presentation on Sun. Apr. 23 at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, NJ
Posted by on April 16, 2017
At the invitation of the Adult Education Committee of Congregation Rinat Yisrael, I will be giving a presentation in commemoration of Yom Hashoah. My presentation will begin at 8 pm on Sunday April 23 and will be entitled: “The Effects of the Holocaust on the Children of Survivors: A Tale of Courage” The presentation will be at Congregation Rinat Yisrael,… READ MORE>>
Yom Hashoah Presentation on Wed. April 26 at the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus in Whippany, NJ
Posted by on April 15, 2017
On Wednesday April 26 at noon I will give a lecture following the Annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration Service at the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, located at 901 Route 10, Whippany, NJ. It is an honor and a comfort to be there with all of you on this day. The Commemoration Service will begin at noon, and will be… READ MORE>>
Yom Hashoah Presentation on Sunday, April 23, 2017 in Teaneck, NJ
Posted by on April 5, 2017
At the invitation of the Adult Education Committee of Congregation Rinat Yisrael, I will be giving a presentation (see https://www.rinat.org/event/dr.-irit-felsen-lecture.html) in commemoration of Yom Hashoah. My presentation will begin at 8 pm on Sunday April 23 and will be entitled: “The Effects of the Holocaust on the Children of Survivors: A Tale of Courage” The presentation will be at Congregation… READ MORE>>
Audio recording of my recent Claims Conference teleconference now available online
Posted by on April 1, 2017
The audio recording of the Claims Conference teleconference in which I spoke on Thursday March 30, 2017 about the relationships between siblings in Holocaust families is now available to anyone who wishes to listen. You can find the audio recording at https://recordings.join.me/xVKa00ewoki_5MIAO5hOOA. Irit Felsen
Presentation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial for the Holocaust, on Tues. Apr. 25/2017
Posted by on March 26, 2017
On Tuesday April 25, 2017, I will be presenting a lecture about child and adolescent Holocaust survivors, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial for the Holocaust in Manhattan. The lecture is part of the 18th Annual Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Conference for Educators, the flyer for which is shown below. Advance registration is required to attend. More information… READ MORE>>
Teleconference on Thurs. March 30, 2017
Posted by on March 24, 2017
Next week on Thursday March 30, between 1:00 pm -2:15 pm Eastern time, I will be presenting a talk entitled: “Adult Sibling Relationships In Holocaust Survivors Families“. This teleconference is part of a monthly teleconference series for professionals, mostly in North America, working with Holocaust survivors. The lecture is followed by a Q & A period. Registration for the teleconference is… READ MORE>>
Article in the Mishpacha Magazine about the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors
Posted by on March 22, 2017
Last month the magazine Mishpacha (http://www.mishpacha.com/) published a front cover article about the Discussion Group for Children of Survivors titled “Survivor Families: Our Parents, Ourselves, Our Changing Lives”, which I have been running once per month at the Boro Park Y in Brooklyn. The author of the article, Ahava Ehrenpreis, participated in one of the meetings and later spoke with… READ MORE>>
Summary of the Eighth Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors in Boro Park
Posted by on March 20, 2017
Building on the topics presented over the course of the previous meetings of the Discussion Group for Children of Survivors, the last four meetings (the 7th through the 10th) are focused on the present implications of what we have learned from research about the second generation; how we can gain insights to improve relationships and well-being for the children of… READ MORE>>
A great book for parents: “52 WEEKS OF PARENTING WISDOM”, by Meg Akabas
Posted by on March 9, 2017
These days, psychologists, psychotherapist and teachers are seeing parents who feel unsure about how to set limits, impose frustrations and punish misbehavior. Overly cautious about the perils of a repressive childhood as the path to producing neurotic Woody- Allan’esque adults, today’s parents, concerned about not damaging their child’s tender psyche, are feeling helpless in relation to ordinary daily situations like… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: TONIGHT Eighth Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors, Tues. Mar. 7/2017
Posted by on March 7, 2017
On Tuesday, March 7, I will lead the next meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors at the Boro Park Y. This meeting, which will begin at 7:00 pm, will be the eighth in the series of monthly meetings. Irit Felsen