18 July 2013

Spent two days this week on a compulsory driving course for all drivers who have had their license for five years. For some reason, maybe appropriately, they bunched me with the young religious guys from Bney Brak – the poorest city in Israel with the highest proportion of orthodox religious jews. The teacher was also orthodox, possibly a rabbi, I couldn't be sure. The course, what I understood of it, was excellent, and I was very impressed by the attentiveness and the intensity of the students. At one point one of the more passionate young men said, “Sometimes I find myself getting so angry with another motorist. What should I do?” The teacher replied: “The first thing you must do is thank God for giving you an opportunity to work on your anger.”

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