Sigmund Freud
What Would Freud Say About Mother’s Day?
Talking with Daphne Merkin about ‘American mishegas’
Nate Silver Wins Today’s Election
How the statistician has permanently changed the polling game
Atomic Bombshell
New research uncovers a link between Freud’s inner circle and the Soviet atomic bomb
New Republic
I grew up in a world of observance, separate from secular America, but soon realized that the borders are more porous than they seem
Not a Fairy Tale
Children’s book illustrator Tom Seidmann-Freud—Sigmund Freud’s niece—led a short and tragic life, but her surreal, whimsical art endures
Hypnotizing Norman
Outside my cloistered yeshiva, I found a new social order and a friend who, unlike me, was trusting enough to submit to someone else’s authority
Criminal Acts
Agenda: “Crime Scene: Europe,” Jascha Heifetz in a new documentary, Def Jam in Atlanta, Jewish life in the Bay Area, Freud vs. Jung in Oslo, and more
Sundown: Winning the Flotilla
Plus the uncowardly Robert Ford, the Hasidic Sam Spade, and more


