World Premier of Arthur Giron’s Voltaire’s Emily

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:THEATER SERIES
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd

Saturday, January 31, 2009. 3 p.m.

World Premier of Arthur Giron’s Voltaire’s Emily

The true story of Voltaire’s enduring passion for Emilie du Chatelet, the great translator of Sir Isaac Newton. By night she was a gifted actress, but suffered being a woman, at a time when in France women were not allowed to drink coffee or use their minds. The play explores the question ‘What is the secret of a maintaining a long-lasting love? The play, commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, was awarded The Galileo Prize – given to plays with science content.

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The Leo Baeck Institute presents: Goldscheider Ceramics

The Leo Baeck Institute presents: 

Goldscheider Ceramics  
A World Brand from Vienna:
Commerce and Art in an Age of Transformation

 JANUARY 29, 2009
 5:00 – 6:30 PM | Opening reception 
Opening remarks by Peter Goldscheider
 7:00 PM | Lecture by Filipp Goldscheider:
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Stella in the Bois de Boulogne at Center for Jewish History

The American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History present:
 
Stella in the Bois de Boulogne 
Dramatic Reading of a New Play by Jane Wood and Tara Prem
 Directed by Donald T. Sanders

January 26 performance:
FEATURING
Paul Sorvino & Mira Sorvino

February 2 performance:
FEATURING
Elizabeth Zins & Robert Ian Mackenzie

Stella Adler

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New InternationalPsychoanalysis.net editor for Business, Finance, and Psychoanalysis

InternationalPsychoanalysis.net is pleased to announce that Stephen Rolfe will be the new editor for Business, Finance, and Psychoanalysis.

Steven S. Rolfe M.D. is a child, adolescent, adult psychiatrist , and psychoanalyst(Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia) practicing in Bryn Mawr, Pa. As a Principal of the Boswell Group Dr. Rolfe consults to CEO’s , Sr. business leaders, and family businesses on the psychology of management and leadership. He is co-chair of the American Psychoanalytic Associations’s Committee on Corporate and Organizational Consultation. He is a member of the Family Firm Institute, ISPSO, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia. He spoke most recently at the 7th Annual Family Office Symposium on “Optimizing Intergenerational Communication.”

Barbara Kafka: New InternationalPsychoanalysis.net Food Editor

We are pleased to announce that Barbara Kafka will be InternationalPsychoanalysis.net’s Food Editor 

Barbara Kafka’s most recent book, Vegetable Love, with 750 imaginative yet easy vegetable dishes, was honored as a Book-of-the-Month Club main selection and the 2006 IACP award for Best Single Subject Cookbook. Her previous book, Soup A Way Of Life was on the Los Angeles Times best seller list. Her Roasting A Simple Art, won the Julia Child Cookbook Award and was a Book-of-the-Month-Club main selection as was her preceding book Party Food. Continue reading Barbara Kafka: New InternationalPsychoanalysis.net Food Editor

Psychoanalytically Informed Psychotherapy: A Course for Clinicians with Michael Garfinkle

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Extension Division
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PSYCHOANALYTICALLY INFORMED PSYCHOTHERAPY:
A COURSE FOR CLINICIANS
Michael Garfinkle

Tuesdays, February 3 – April 7, 2009
6:30 – 7:30 pm (10 sessions)

Study the Classic Texts
Link Theoretical Concepts to Practice
Present 2 Sessions of Your Work
Use the Classic Concepts to Understand Your Work

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The Extraordinary Saga of Pope Joan by Maria I. New, MD

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
WORKS IN PROGRESS
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd
                        

Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 8:30 p.m.

The Extraordinary Saga of Pope Joan

Maria I. New, M.D. will discuss how a female became Pope. Is it history or legend? What is the cultural impact of the story?

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