“A meeting between C.G. Jung and Rabbi Leo Baeck took place in Zürich in October 1946 at the Savoy Hotel Baur en Ville. Very little is actually known about this meeting. There are no extant notes or reports from the principals indicating what was said or discussed. There was no secretary present taking minutes of the conversation. What is known from the few documents attesting to this meeting is that it took place at Jung’s request and that Baeck did not wish to meet with Jung. The play is an imaginative construction of what might have happened in this historic meeting of two great men.” –The Analyst and The Rabbi
This film is now available in its entirety on YouTube.
MURRAY STEIN
Murray Stein holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich. Currently, he is a training and supervising analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zürich, Switzerland. He served as president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology from 2001 to 2004, and president of the International School of Analytical Psychology from 2008 to 2012. Dr. Stein is the author of many books and articles, including Jung’s Map of the Soul, In MidLife, and The Bible as Dream.
HENRY ABRAMOVITCH
Henry Abramovitch holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the Israel Society of Analytical Psychology. Currently, he is professor emeritus in the Department of Medical Education at the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University where he has been Director of Behavioral Science in the New York/American Program for over 30 years. He is founding president and a senior training analyst at the Israel Institute for Jungian Psychology and is the former president of the Israeli Anthropological Association, as well as co-facilitator of the Interfaith Encounter Association. Dr. Abramovitch supervises Routers in the International Association for Analytical Psychology’s Developing Groups in Poland, Serbia, and Moscow. He is the author of Brothers and Sisters: Myth and Reality, as well as two forthcoming books: Therapy as Performance Art (Routledge), and Why Odysseus Came Home as a Stranger and Other Puzzling Moments in the Life of Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Abraham and Other Great Individuals (Chiron).
The Analyst and The Rabbi will be featured at this year’s IAAP Congress where it will be screened at the University of Vienna’s AudiMax Hall on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 8:00 PM followed by a panel discussion moderated by Jungian analyst Dr. Yehuda Abramovitch, M.D.
This interview was recorded on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. It’s 59:07 long and 54 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. This episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and now on iHeartRadio.
THE ANALYST AND THE RABBI
Stage performance filmed by Luis Moris and his crew at the Foyer St. Anton in Zürich on Oct. 29, 2018 available on DVD. Screenplay including extensive commentary by the writers and actors available in paperback.
NEW (Sept. 24, 2021): This film is now available on Chiron Publication’s YouTube channel.
・Written by Murray Stein and Henry Abramovitch
・Executive Producer: Murray Stein
・Producer: Luis Moris
・C.G. Jung: Paul Brutsche, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
・Rabbi Baeck: John Hill, Jungian analyst
・“Woman”: Dariane Pictet, Jungian analyst
・Music performer: Barbara Miller, Jungian analyst
・Additional music by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Boccherini, Bach, and Ullmann
Amazon Hardcover, paperback, and Kindle
Chiron Publications DVD with or without paperback
MY LUNCH WITH THOMAS
NEW (May 12, 2023): Audio available on Blue Salamandra’s YouTube channel.
A conversation between Jungian analysts Murray Stein and Henry Abramovitch
“Murray and Henry are traveling together on a train from Zürich to Ascona, Switzerland. Their conversation revolves around the perplexing story of a relationship that began with a lunch at a Zürich restaurant that led to a surprising outburst of creativity and ended in a climax that may have been mysteriously forecast in a dream.” Produced by Jungian analyst Luis Moris (Ep. 90).
SHOW NOTES
This People Israel: The Meaning of Jewish Existence by Rabbi Leo Baeck
Martin Buber Amazon Author Page
School of Wisdom Founded by Count Hermann Keyserling
Eranos Foundation Founded by Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
Book of Marriage: A New Interpretation By Twenty-Four Leaders of Contemporary Thought by Count Hermann Keyserling
W.R. Bion Amazon Author Page
Analytical Psychology in Exile The Correspondence of C.G. Jung & Erich Neumann
The Jung-Kirsch Letters The Correspondence of C.G. Jung & James Kirsch
Zentralblatt für Psychotherapie und ihre Grenzgebiete Contains the full text of Jung’s article “The State of Psychotherapy Today,” 1934
Civilization in Transition Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Vol. 10 {includes “The State of Psychotherapy Today,” par. 333-370}
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung; Edited by Aniela Jaffé
Psychology & Religion: The Terry Lectures by C.G. Jung
The Complete Correspondence of Sigmund Freud & Karl Abraham 1907-1925
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein DVD Documentary
Dariane Pictet Jungian analyst
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism by Gershom Scholem
From the Life & Work of C.G. Jung by Aniela Jaffé {includes the letter from Gershom Scholem to Aniela Jaffé}
Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses by Giuseppe Verdi
Psychology Club Zürich Founded by C.G. Jung in 1916
Theresienstadt Music and the Holocaust
Barbara Helen Miller Jungian analyst
ADDITIONAL LINKS
Additional episodes with Murray Stein: With Laura London in Zürich, Jung’s Map of the Soul, and BTS’s Map of the Soul: Persona
Illness in the Analyst by Henry Abramovitch {full text}
Kristin Ohmstede Fine Artisan Jewelry
Online Video Courses Presented by the Jung Society of Washington, D.C.
Laura London on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Murray Stein on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Special thanks to Chiron Publications