Henry Abramovich

The relationship between psychoanalysis and Judaism.

The founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud was born into a Jewish family. The significance of Freud’s Jewishness for the origins, nature and practice of psychoanalysis has since its birth been a continuous question. Is there something Jewish in psychoanalysis? During this session we will explore the connection between the two, if there is one…

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Henry Abramovich is a Jungian Analyst, Anthropologist and Medical Educator, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University; Founding President, Israel Institute of Jungian Psychology. Active in Interfaith Encounter Association. His books The First Father, Brothers and Sisters, Puzzling Moment in Lives of Great Individuals discuss Biblical Characters. Henry has an ongoing Havruta for past 40 years on Jewish and World Literature Texts where every word is worth reading. His passions are dream groups, poetry & Jerusalem.

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