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February 3, 2021

Understanding Anger, and Its Antidote

With some help from Maimonides, Aristotle, Dr. Johnson, and Chekhov.

Considering a recent book, written by a scholar of medieval history, on the evolution of attitudes toward anger, Shalom Carmy examines Moses Maimonides’ prescriptions about to how handle this powerful emotion:

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February 3, 2021

  1. The Coronavirus Has Exposed the Weaknesses of Israeli Ultra-Orthodoxy, but the Only Solution Can Come from Within

    Recovering a sense of civic virtue from within the Jewish tradition.

  2. How the Palestinian Authority Is Contributing to Gaza’s Immiseration

    The other blockade.

  3. For God, Love Isn’t All You Need

    Covenant, chosenness, and God’s love for Israel.

  4. The Secret War That Saved the Land of Israel from the Nazis

    And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.

  5. Understanding Anger, and Its Antidote

    With some help from Maimonides, Aristotle, Dr. Johnson, and Chekhov.