80 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz – „Traumatic Wounds Don’t Simply Disappear over Time“

On January 27th in 1945 the Sovjet Army entered the concentration camp of Auschwitz. What they discovered was evidence for a monstrous crime, which still shapes the lives of the offspring – both of the murderers and of the escaped victims. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone grew up with a silence she only late in life learned to understand as the consequence of a victim-story in her own family, which nobody dared to transmit. She has had a hard time to deal with it, until she learned to transform the wound into wisdom. Is healing possible, is it possible, even in our times of terrible new wars, to keep up hope and the strive for spiritual healing?

Dr. Firestone shares her insights based on her groundbreaking research in transgenerational trauma legacies, Jungian depth psychology, and Kabbalah, to illuminate the redemptive possibilities inherent within the human psyche. As we enter into a full octave of decades since the events of the Holocaust, she suggests gathering in the spirit of the brave people of conscience who helped turn the tide of history then, to call forth our own courage, moral wisdom, and compassion to aid us at our pivotal moment now.

Come and see and form your own opinion.

Rabbi Dr. Tirzah Firestone, is an American analytical psychotherapist, author, and Jewish Renewal rabbi. She is the founding rabbi of Congregation Nevei Kodesh, a Jewish Renewal synagogue in Boulder, Colorado, and is now Rabbi Emerita there. She was ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in 1992, and is a leader in the international Jewish Renewal movement.
Her latest book „Wounds into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Jewish Trauma“ was arwarded with the 2020 Nautilus Award Gold in Psychology. Susannah Heschel writes about it: „An explosion of suffering, death and trauma has overtaken humanity during the past century and shows no signs of abating. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone speaks on every page of this deeply moving book with her heart and mind and from the deepest wellsprings of Jewish tradition to find sources of solace to transform wounds into wisdom. Her book spills over with empathy and compassion, forging a uniquely spiritual voice that heals and lifts our souls.“

Lecture and conversation in English without translation. There will also be a livestream at the following link: https://youtube.com/live/0owJfYSUc4A 

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