Korach: Everything you can do I can do better
It is said that one picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine for a second the following picture — You are at the theatre and on the stage, you see a group of people all dressed the same, in light-blue garments. In front of them stands a single man dressed in white, a single thread […]
Parshat Va’ykrah: why not me?
Background: At Mount Sinai the people asked Moses ” You speak to us…and we will obey; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”( Ex: 20:16) Conducting a direct relationship with God still frightened the people. They needed a “mediator.” During the construction of the Mishkan, as an ardent partner in its construction, […]
“The Sun of Role” Sociometry
The Sun of Role Sociometry Dedicated to the memory of Anne Hale, MA.TEP, who lovingly taught me sociometry Theoretical background: Sociometry The science of sociometry was created by J.L. Moreno and was the foundation for a later developed psychodrama Sociometric exercises allow us to measure the relationship of proximity and distance between our current […]
Parshat Va’eyra: Do you hear me
Imagine that you have a goal to achieve, that you work hard to achieve it, and time and time again you fail. And even if you are aware that achieving the goal involves a process and considerable time, and even if you believe that in the end you will succeed, where do you recruit the […]
Parshat Vayechi
To what extent can we be sure that the choices we make in our lives are free from the influences of past experiences, stemming from our intuition that signals to us that this is a choice in sync with our truth and not governed by old patterns simmering beneath the surface? Or duplicating an […]
What Is Psychodrama?
By Catherine D. Nugent, LCPC, TEP* Psychodrama is a form of group psychotherapy developed by Jacob L. Moreno, M.D., a Viennese psychiatrist who came to the United States in 1925. J.L. Moreno’s wife and chief collaborator, Zerka T. Moreno, contributed significantly to the theory and practice of psychodrama, as did many students and followers of […]
REVISITING THE SOCIAL ATOM By Stephen Kopp, MS, TEP
WE ARE ONE: TRUST, RISK, EXPAND THROUGH PSYCHODRAMA By Stephen Kopp, MS, TEP Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Anais Nin According to J. L. Moreno, who synthesized the discipline of psychodrama and sociometry, the […]
Parshat Balak (Numbers 22)
Dedicated to the memory of Reb Zalman Shactar –Shalomi z”l This portion raise my association about Moses and the burning bush. Balak Ben Zipor is like Pharaoh: both are afraid of the Hebrews/Isralies, and while Pharaoh enslaves them Balak invites Bilam ben p’or to curse them, (so that they will become weak and he could […]
Parshat Va’yigash ( Genesis 44-47)
I’d like to give thanks first and foremost to all of my Bibliodrama group members over the years, who helped me dig deeper and deeper into Joseph’s character, as well as to my teacher Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi for his Kabbalistic teachings that always ignite my own creativity and especially for his profound insight on the […]
Parshat B’ha’aloteycha (Numbers chapters 8-16)
The portion of the week Be’haloteycha opens with reference to light (,אור in Hebrew, ‘or’) דַּבֵּר֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֵלָ֑יו בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֔ת אֶל־מוּל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמְּנוֹרָ֔ה יָאִ֖ירוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת הַנֵּרֽוֹת Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps give light at the front of the lampstand.” (Leviticus 8, 1-3) And […]