Synchronicity: On the Spectrum of Mind & Matter at NYPSI

NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
The Helix Center for Interdisciplinary Investigation
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org

Saturday, April 12, 2014, 2:30 – 4:30 pm

Synchronicity: On the Spectrum of Mind & Matter
Harald Atmanspacher, Joseph Cambray, Edgar Choueiri, Farzad Mahootian, Beverley Zabriskie
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Insights from Anosognosia: Seeing Through the Mind’s Eye with Mark Solms at NYPSI

NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org

Saturday, April 5, 2014, 10 am – 12 pm
Mark Solms, Ph.D., University of Cape Town, South Africa
will present on Insights from Anosognosia: Seeing Through the Mind’s Eye
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A History of Languages Spoken by Jews by Merle Molofsky

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Colleagues,
Merle and I were at a gathering this weekend where a band was performing Yiddish songs and we started dancing and got into a discussion about Yiddish culture and language. With her permission, I wanted to share her follow-up note below. – Molly

Here’s a quick review of the history of languages spoken by Jews:

Hebrew: Hebrew is a Semitic language, the same language family as Aramaic and Arabic. There is evidence of Hebrew as a written language about 10,000 BCE. The ancient Israelites — the ancient Jews — spoke Hebrew. The entire Five Books of Moses — the Torah, the Jewish Bible — are written in Hebrew. The English word “Hebrew” comes from the Hebrew word “Ivrit”, meaning the Hebrews who spoke Hebrew, and the language itself. Continue reading A History of Languages Spoken by Jews by Merle Molofsky

Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word

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Click Here to Read: Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word By Motoko Rich March 25, 2014.

Credit Katherine Taylor for The New York Times.  A Gadget to Close the Language Gap. An intervention program in Providence, R.I., uses a digital word counter to track language use in families, in an effort to close the “word gap” between children from low-income and affluent families.

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‘Story of the Jews’ is also story of writer Simon Schama

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Click Here to Read: Review: ‘Story of the Jews’ is also story of writer Simon Schama Television Review: Simon Schama’s British documentary covers 3,000 years of the Chosen People in 5 hours, and as host he also shares a bit about himself by Robert Lloyd in The Los Angeles Times on March 25, 2014.

Click Here to Read: How Simon Schama wants us to think about Jewish history, and a Jewish future BY Alyssa Rosenberg in The Washington Post on March 25, 2014.

Click Here to Read: Simon Schama Moderates a Moderate History of Moderate Jews ‘The Story of the Jews’ is the most important TV documentary about Jewish history since Abba Eban’s famous ‘Heritage’ series By Adam Kirsch on Tablet website on  March 20, 2014.