Author name: Tirzah Firestone, PhD.

Tirzah Firestone, PhD is a Jungian psychotherapist, author, and spiritual leader in the international Jewish Renewal movement, and founding rabbi of Congregation Nevei Kodesh in Boulder, Colorado. Widely known for her work on Jewish feminism and the modern applications of Jewish mystical wisdom, Firestone teaches nationally on ancestral healing and the common boundary between ancient wisdom traditions and modern psychology, including how to transform patterns of suffering from our past and bring forth clarity, wisdom, and blessings for ourselves and those who come after us. Her cutting edge research on the impact and healing of collective trauma draws on the fields of neuroscience, psychology, Jewish literature, and mythopoesis. Her groundbreaking work called "Wounds Into Wisdom: Healing Intergenerational Trauma" (Monkfish, 2019) offers a roadmap for people of all backgrounds who wish to break free from limiting historical narratives, seize their power, and transform the future, and received the 2019 Nautilus Gold Award in Psychology. This latest book employs interviews, case studies, and her own autobiographical narratives to demonstrate how trauma residue passes from generation to generation and how it can be transformed. Now Rabbi Emerita of her congregation, Firestone maintains a private practice in depth psychology, and teaches nationally. In 2019, upon the release of Wounds into Wisdom, she embarked upon a national book tour, facilitating workshops on intergenerational trauma healing from Philadelphia to Berkeley. Other of her publications include "With Roots in Heaven: One Woman's Passionate Journey into the Heart of Her Faith" (Plume,1999), "The Receiving: Reclaiming Jewish Women's Wisdom" (Harper San Francisco, 2003). -- Email: info@tirzahfirestone.com / Web: www.tirzahfirestone.com

Transgenerational Trauma Shaping History: The Power of Images

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My father, Sol, was a Jew from Brooklyn who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps when he met my mother Kate, who had fled Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. They met at a synagogue gathering in Detroit and married shortly thereafter. Their first years of marriage were largely spent apart, my father being deployed …

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