By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer JD MA (Occ. Health) PhD — Nov 28, 2025 ּב“ח Joshua Lederberg won the Nobel Prize for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes through bacterial conjugation, sharing the prize with George Beadle and Edward Tatum. Tatum had hired Esther as his… Weiterlesen ›
Barbaras‘ and Norman’s corner
A tax taxpayers never realize to pay…..
Government Grabs Employee Fringe Benefit written by Leon Harris, May 27th 2025 Sent to me from Barbara Billauer The Knesset has passed a law to make employers in Israel divert parts of the statutory recreation bonuses payable to employees (Havraah)… Weiterlesen ›
The Lesson of the Akeda- It’s Not Necessarily What We’ve Been Taught
3. Tishri 5785 ב“ה Barbara Pfeffer Billauer JD MA PhD Today we are on trial for our lives- praying before the Lord of Justice, of mercy, seeking forgiveness. But, soon we read the Akeda, the binding of Isaac, which seems… Weiterlesen ›
Krieg in Israel – Tag 88 und 89
Infolge technischer Probleme, gibt es heute Tag 88 und 89. Mit einem gezielten Drohnenbeschuss auf sein Büro in Beirut wurde der stv. Anführer der Hamas Saleh al-Arourieliminiert. Er war verantwortlich für einige Anschläge in Judäa und Samaria. So auch für die… Weiterlesen ›
Why We Celebrate Sukkot: A New Look
ב“ה Written by Barbara Pfeffer Billauer, first published Times of Israel Oct 3rd 2023 One reason Sukkot is celebrated is to remind us that all life is transient. We live in huts to remind us that our houses are flimsy, our very existence… Weiterlesen ›
How to stop Israel’s endless elections
6. Cheschwan 5783 Restoring stability to Israel’s political system requires a couple of fundamental reforms. Ho-hum, another election coming up. Will the cycle never end? Will a stable government finally be formed? And finally, does it matter? After all, the… Weiterlesen ›
In the new year, Israel’s problems are mainly at home
11. Tishri 5783 The regional outlook is better than for some time, and internationally Israel is well positioned. The dangers lie in social divisions and political dysfunction. The outlook for Israel in the new year is unusually clear, but very… Weiterlesen ›
Give the people’s wealth to the people
3. Siwan 5782 Norman Bailey Israel’s sovereign wealth fund, finally activated, should be used to narrow the country’s shockingly wide economic gaps. The Israeli government has finally activated the sovereign wealth fund that was authorized years ago to accumulate the… Weiterlesen ›
Genocide is a word not to be used lightly
30. Nissan 5782 28 Apr, 2022 21:15 Norman Bailey The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a crime under international law and atrocities have been committed, but the Russians are not trying to annihilate the Ukrainian people. Words matter. Words can… Weiterlesen ›
The Curse Of Knowledge And Whole Genome Sequencing
29. Nissan 5782 By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer JD MA (Occ. Health) PhD — April 25, 2022 Adam and Eve were commanded not to eat of the tree of knowledge, lest “in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.” [1] Adam… Weiterlesen ›