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Rich Kirschen

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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Feeling Like Freud at the End of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Were the mental health crises I witnessed in American Jewish teenagers a symptom of a political destabilization already on its way? For many years I...

10.05.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rich Kirschen

From Probuzhna to Jerusalem: What My Grandmother’s Hiding Place Taught Me About Raising Children in a War Zone

Asking a Jew whose family came from Eastern Europe where they’re from is more complicated than it sounds. It’s like the joke about the old Jewish...

28.03.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rich Kirschen

After two years of war, another psychological byproduct: Nonstop rumination

23.12.2025 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rich Kirschen