I know, you can’t go home again, especially if home is a country your family was forced to flee. I was under no illusion that a lilting Strauss waltz would be the soundtrack to my visit to Vienna, where both my parents were born. Still, I’d traveled to the city earlier this summer to see how my relatives had lived, not to dwell on their victimization. Which is why I was looking
Jewish Museum Vienna
If Freud Celebrated Sukkot
Jews around the world recently celebrated Sukkot, a joyous holiday that follows five days after the very solemn Yom Kippur; it has its roots as a harvest/agricultural festival. I won't attempt to explain it in detail here; if you want to read all about it, including a discussion of how to pronounce it, here's a link from Judaism 101. The relevant part is that people
#FunnyFreudFriday: Toying Around With History
Yes, it's been a long time since I posted in the Funny Freud Friday category--or at all, come to think of it--but the timing was right. As a freelance writer, my budget doesn't include the many Freud tchotkes I covet, so you can imagine how excited I was to find that I could use my credits at a local used bookstore for a Sigmund Freud plush toy -- officially, The Unemployed