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This commentary addresses several problematic aspects of Gomolin’s paper, which includes a critique of the theory of transgenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma. These aspects are the following: a) the author’s evaluation of psychoanalysis and her validation of analytic theory; b) the author’s criticism of common psychoanalytic concepts relating to trauma; c) the approach to the universal theory of transgenerational transmission of trauma; d) the inaccurate use of concepts and the weakness of the author’s arguments; e) the lack of evidence of her conclusions; f) the author’s political bias and the way she relates to her Jewish identity.