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AJP Response to CoNREPA Statement Dear Colleagues, The Association for Jewish Psychologists is truly saddened and angered by the letter that we all recently received, signed by Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Earl Turner, and Dr. Milton Fuentes, from the Coalition of Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations (CoNREPA) and specifically endorsed by APA Division 45, the Asian American […]

Dr. Nancy L. Segal Boston: Academic Studies Press (2023) Review by Claudia Morris Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton cmorris12@csu.fullerton.edu The Twin Children of the Holocaust: A Book Review I would like to start this book review by proposing an unconventional way of performing such a task. I believe that by simply reviewing the

Association of Jewish Psychologists Comments by Sarah L. Friedman, Ph.D.* October 7, 2023, shook the world of Israelis and of the Jewish community across the world.  We are too close to what transpired to know the long-term effects of the barbaric crimes against Israelis and Israel.  But now it is already clear that when the

By Lenore Walker Last summer, I received an invitation to participate in a new ‘thinktank’ called, The Voice of the People (VOP) under the auspices of Israel President Herzog. Our job was to advise the President on the future of Israel. No further specifications as to how that was going to happen. As I was

AJP Membership Survey II Report 2025 – Summary Prepared by the Education Committee: Drs. Madeline Altabe, Liya Levanda, Esti/EsterCole (Chair & Concept), and Amanda Tarlow, M.S., doctoral student. Purpose & Scope The AJP Education Committee conducted its second membership survey in August 2025 to understand the identities, views, and attitudes of AJP members and assess

By Steven Stein Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen the movie, this may give away some of the plot.  I was on a flight to Israel, and I decided to watch a movie. I don’t usually watch superhero movies, especially modern ones. I read Superman and Batman comics and saw the TV series as

Steven Stein         Welcome to our 10th edition of Schmooze. As we race between Thanksgiving and the year’s end, we try to get as many of our unfinished tasks completed as possible in order to start the New Year fresh. In that light, we wish everyone a very happy Hanukkah and hopefully by the end of

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LGBTQ+Dr. Abi WeissmaneducationtranstransgenderJewish Written By Abigail Weissman   Pride In most of the world, LGBTQ+ Pride occurs in June. San Diego, however, currently hosts its LGBTQI+ Pride in July. According to San Diego’s Pride organization https://sdpride.org/pride-july/ ), in July 1990, June Pride was pretty much rained out so they decided to switch Pride to July

Steven J. Stein Welcome to Issue 9 of Schmooze, newsletter of the Association of Jewish Psychologists. A number of us were at the APA Convention in Denver and AJP hosted two events, both described in this newsletter. First was our breakfast meeting at the Gold Meir House Museum and the second was the Shabbat candle