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Viruses and the Evil Urge
Publication Date: July 2009
Publisher(s): National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.)
Author(s): David Kraemer
Series: CLAL Politics and Policy Archive
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Media, telecommunications, and information (Electronic data processing, transmission, and retrieval)
Keywords: Technology; Jewish Values
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author discusses computer viruses and the people who send out false messages about them. He describes them as possessing "yetzer hara," the urge to do evil for its own sake.