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May 22, 2024, 8:00 AM

Not Just the Jews: Mental Paralysis on Campus

On a recent episode of The Glenn Show, Dr. Glenn Loury, a professor of economics at Brown University, speaks with Dr. John McWhorter, a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, about two of the hottest items...

Apr 3, 2024, 9:02 AM

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When we win this war: A love note to my husband

The author's husband, Afghanistan, 2009. Used with permission.

Matt did not rejoice in Osama Ben Ladin's death, and he will not when it's Yahya Sinwar's turn. Those values make him a Jew -- and my home

Jan 25, 2024, 8:51 AM

Moving Forward: First Grief, Then Anger

Invitation, by Alex Yelderman. Used with the Artist's Permission.

My work as a psychotherapist revolves around the belief that sadness always lies beneath rage. Anger, as I have experienced it, is never the final stop of the human emotional apparatus. I have seen anger yield to grief nearly...

Jan 14, 2024, 10:12 PM

When Words Fail: Visual Art after 10/7

By now, it’s a common refrain; we think about October 7th, and then we say there are no words. I have never before had no words. I’ve been a psychotherapist for 16 years. I work with trauma every day, and...

Jan 10, 2024, 7:04 PM

What I Thought: On 10/7 from the Diaspora

I thought I should stay haunted. I thought, I will only feel better if I turn my heart away. I thought about our hearts. I thought about my body. I thought about the bodies. I thought about learning a new anthem. I thought about...

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Manya Treece is a Jew who lives in America. She is also a wife, a mother, a psychotherapist and a sporadic poet and author of fiction. Manya lives outside Chicago with her husband and three children.

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