About this episode

Dr. David Rosmarin discusses the role of anxiety in Jewish life and its potential as a tool for growth rather than something to eliminate.

Check out Orthodox Conundrum Commentary on Substack and get your free subscription by going to https://scottkahn.substack.com/ - and paid subscribers get this and other episodes of the Orthodox Conundrum Podcast ad-free and with early access and additional bonus content! Over the past few years, and certainly over the past week, anxiety has become part of the background noise of Jewish life. People in Israel are living with sirens and uncertainty. People in the diaspora are following the news constantly, worrying about family, about Israel, about growing antisemitism, about the future and their place in the world. And even beyond the current moment, anxiety has become something many of us talk about openly in ways we didn't a generation ago. Usually when we talk about anxiety, the assumption is simple: anxiety is something to eliminate. Something to suppress. Something to cure. But what if that assumption is wrong? My guest today, Dr. David Rosmarin, is a clinical psychologist, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and the founder of the Center for Anxiety. He argues that while anxiety can be a disorder, it more often is nothing of the sort, and not even necessarily a…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Kahn

Guest: Dr. David Rosmarin

Topics covered

• anxiety
• Jewish life
• mental health
• spiritual growth
• resilience

Keywords

• anxiety
• Jewish
• mental health
• spiritual growth
• resilience
• Dr. David Rosmarin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Medical School, Center for Anxiety

Places: Israel, diaspora

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