Michael Fassbender on “Shame,” sadism, playing a Jewish supervillain and why he’s not in therapy

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on December 6, 2011

Keira Knightley on (early 20th Century) Jews and Aryans in Love

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on November 26, 2011

The genesis of psychoanalysis [VIDEO]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on November 23, 2011

Freud’s Grandson Wields a Wild Brush

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on February 27, 2003

Decades after Sigmund Freud probed unconscious human drives in his case histories, his grandson, Lucian, appeared to do the same on canvas. The 110 works in his retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art reveal his subjects in unflinching, microscopic detail -- enough to make grandpa blush.

Have You But One Blessing?

By Rabbi Ed Feinstein
Published on November 7, 2002

It began with the first two human born into this world, the world's first brothers.

Analyzing Freud

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 30, 2000

As you walk through the "Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture" exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center, a scratchy BBC recording of Freud speaking in heavily accented English wafts through the space like an unintelligible message from the unconscious. It is only when you stand directly in front of the speaker at the end of the exhibition that his words become clear: "I discovered some new and important facts of the unconscious in psychic life. ... I had to pay heavily for this bit of good luck. ... Resistance was strong and unrelenting ... the struggle is not yet over."