27. Ijjar 5781 By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer JD MA (occ Health) PhD, published on April 29th here In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a fearsome, fire-breathing monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a dragon’s tail. She terrorized the Lycians… Weiterlesen ›
Barbara’s and Norman’s corner
Joe Biden and Israel
29. Nissan 5781 After just two-and-a-half months, it is clear that, for Israel, the Biden administration will be a repeat of the Obama administration. By Dr. Norman Bailey, first published on April 11th by Globes It is only two and a half months… Weiterlesen ›
Euthanasia in the days of COVID-19
29. Nissan 5781 By Barabara Pfeffer Billauer JD MA (Occ.Health) PhD, first published April 8th here COVID-19 has taken a toll on our mental health with increasing cases of depression and made us more aware of our fragile existence. Perhaps, as… Weiterlesen ›
Are Vaccine Passports To (COVID-19) Paradise Legal And Ethical?
By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer JD MA (Occ. Health) PhD — April 3, 2021, first posted in American Council on Science and Health 24. Nissan 5781 As we try to reopen our domestic and global markets, as well as entertainment venues, increasingly there… Weiterlesen ›
Muzzling The Anti-Vaxxers: Can We Legally Do It?
29. Shevat 5781 by Barbara Pfeffer Billauer – First published here American Council on Science and Health, February 11th 2021 As the COVID-19 vaccines roll out, the anti-vaxxers have been increasingly more militant in their misinformation campaigns, actively and effectively dissuading vaccine uptake…. Weiterlesen ›
The Ark, King David, Uzzah, and Donald Trump
7. Shevat 5781 Text from Barbara Pfeffer-Billauer, published first in ToI on Jan 20th Last week, we watched a strange and terrifying spectacle – the symbol of American History and the bastion of its Democracy was breached. The inflammatory rhetoric… Weiterlesen ›
Parshiot Shemot and VaYechi: The Power to Create Our Future
23.Tevet 5781 ב“ה The article by Barbara Pfeffer-Billauer was first published in ToI on Jan 4th 2021 Last Shabbat, in Parshat Vayechi we read that, on his deathbed, Yaakov wanted to impart prophetic wisdom of his descendants’ future. According to… Weiterlesen ›
Deathbed Gifts vs. Prophesy: (on Parshat Va’Yechi)
ב“ה 18. Tevet 5781 by Barbara Pfeffer Billauer JD MA PhD In my “antique” machzer, gifted to me by my sainted Grandmother on my Bat Mitzva, there is an archaic prayer said to oneself during the five Kedushahs on Yom… Weiterlesen ›
Pollard, Fakrizadeh and Biden
Published by Globes, Israel business news – on November 30, 2020, by Dr. Norman Bailey A hero’s welcome for Jonathan Pollard would harm Israel’s relations with Joe Biden. The assassination of Mohsen Fakrizadeh makes it hard for B iden to revive the… Weiterlesen ›
Freedom of Speech and Bibi’s Case 4000
The article first was published in Times on Israel on Dec 8th 2020 by Barbara Pfeffer Billauer. The Israeli courts are now re-re-reconsidering the sufficiency of the Bibi-indictments. I will leave it to them to determine if the allegations rise… Weiterlesen ›