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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Nearly one third of Ontario’s Jewish doctors are considering leaving Canada due to antisemitism, new survey finds
Description: Targeted by official complaints to their professional bodies. Doxxed on social media. Harassed for their pro-Israel views. Getting negative reviews from antisemitic or anti-Israel medical students. Being asked where their horns are. Having to hide their Jewish identities. These are just some of the hundreds of stories shared by Canadian Jewish doctors and doctors-in-training as part of a new survey on antisemitism in this country’s health system since Oct. 7. The survey was conducted this fall by the new Jewish Medical Association of Ontario (JMAO). The findings were released two weeks ago during a media conference at the Ontario Le...