Our new series, The Yiddishists, will take place over five weeks, with talks focusing on the vibrant contributions of Yiddish speakers and writers to culture around the world.

“Psychoanalysis is the disease of assimilated Jews,” wrote Viennese journalist and satirist Karl Kraus of Sigmund Freud’s teachings. “Religious Jews make do with diabetes.” We’ll explore what the popular Yiddish press made of the founder of psychoanalysis during the 1920s and 1930s, from the 'Oedipal Lullaby Contest' in Forward newspaper to the craze for lists of 'famous Jews'. Our guest speaker is Professor Naomi Seidman, Jackman Professor of Arts at the University of Toronto and author of Translating the Jewish Freud: Psychoanalysis and Jewish Languages.

This event will be held with our partners at Jewish Renaissance, and you can book your ticket here.