MENDELE Yiddish Language and Literature Personal Notices and Announcements
Dec. 26, 2008 To minimize wear and tear on the untershames, three requests: 1. Send time-sensitive notices well in advance. 2. Send material as plain text: no HTML, other coding, or attachments. 3. Correspond directly with the person who or organization which has posted the notice, *not* with your ever-beleaguered untershames. From: Nadia Kahn Assistant, Max Weinreich Center YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16 Street New York, NY 10011-6301 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Tel: 917-606-8290 / Fax: 212-292-1892 *MONDAY 29 DECEMBER 2008** | 7PM* *Dr. Max Kohn, psychoanalyst, journalist, and author* Dr. Max Kohn, psychoanalyst, journalist, and author What is Jewish Humor? Exploring Wit and Humor in Freud What is the secret of Jewish humor? Freud thinks that jokes must be distinguished from humor. A joke requires that someone is listening, but humor is a conflict between the ego and the superego. Through humor, the ego can be stronger than the superego. Max Kohn will present examples from his new book,/*/Vitsn: mots d'esprit yiddish et inconscient* (Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2008). Admission: $10 general / $7 YIVO members / $5 students & seniors Box Office: 212.868.4444 | www.smarttix.com <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001e4w1lJ3jADn0xkYpez3h0yCmLtCgUNVt1jjIk70znjWxnkiHqp_162DMHvTUtZY_dDA1FK_f97XN23zUdozSKa5VOc-eBwgOjaA3A2v3iJuN6zbEX0FDsJbzrEME6rZ-747QC09ZPTbebs2j04JYWg==> For more information, contact Nadia Kahn (212-294-6138 or [email protected]) Venue: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 West 16th Street, between 5th and 6th Aves. _______________________________________________________________________ Please do not use the "reply" key when responding to Personal Notices & Announcements. Instead, write directly to the person or organization posting the material. New material for Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements, i.e. announcements of events, commercial publications, etc., always in plain text (no HTML or the like) to: victor.bers at yale.edu <http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele> (in the subject line write Mendele Personal) Material responding to postings on Mendele Yiddish literature and language, or new inquiries and comments of a non-commercial or publicity nature: mendele at mailman.yale.edu <http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele> IMPORTANT: Please include your full name as you would like it to appear in your posting. No posting will appear without its author's name. In order to spare time and effort, the shamosim request that contributors adhere, when applicable, as closely as possible to standard English punctuation, grammar, etc. and to the YIVO rules of transliteration into the Roman alphabet. All other messages to the shamosim: mendele at mailman.yale.edu <http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele> Mendele on the web: http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/index.htm <http://shakti.trincoll.edu/%7Emendele/index.htm> To join or leave the list: http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele _______________________________________________ Mendele mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele
