Tag: public health

Featured Health Israel 15 Min Read

The Fox Guarding Israel’s Henhouse: Who’s Really Certifying Your ‘Safe’ Food?

There is a quiet, comforting label that now appears on many of the “bug-free” leafy greens we bring home for Shabbat. It promises that this produce has been grown “according to instructions on the rational use of pesticides” and tested in a laboratory “for the sake of public health.” We

Featured Health 11 Min Read

Virtue, Vaccination, and the Disease of Coercion

The Tyranny of the 'Greater Good' In the tumultuous years of the COVID-19 pandemic, a seismic shift occurred in our public discourse. The language of health, once focused on personal well-being and medical guidance, morphed into a vocabulary of moral obligation, social utility, and, ultimately, coercion. A stark line was