Ricki Neuman

Moderator: 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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Ricki Neuman is a journalist and writer, who has been working for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, written two novels with Jewish themes and put together a few exhibits at the Jewish Museum in Stockholm. He has also been the chief editor of the Jewish Chronicle in Sweden and is now involved in a podcast about the Middle East, ”Mellanösternpodden”.

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