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Tag: Jewish Doctors

0 Holocaust Science

Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of endorsing Nazi race science

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 3 Apr

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has acknowledged its past endorsements of Nazi medical practices and slow response to Nazi Germany's antisemitic abuses in a historical retrospective.

0 Antisemitism History

A viral post demonizing Zionist doctors sounds eerily like a Soviet antisemitic conspiracy theory

Mira Fox in Forward · 4 Jan

The article discusses a viral post that claims Zionist doctors are out to harm patients of color, drawing parallels between this conspiracy theory and an antisemitic conspiracy theory from Soviet Russia called the "doctors plot."

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Yogurt’s Long Journey

Paola Gavin in Tablet · 1 Feb 2022

Yogurt, one of the oldest known foods, has a rich history, with its origins dating back at least 5,000 years.

0 Holocaust History

Love in the Shadow of Death

Walter Laqueur in Jewish Review of Books · 9 Sep 2015

"Love in the Shadow of Death" tells the heartbreaking story of Valy and Karl, two young lovers separated by the events of World War II and the Holocaust.

0 Literature Philosophy

Reading Maimonides With Sherwin B. Nuland

Stephanie Butnick in Tablet · 25 Mar 2014

Sherwin B. Nuland, a prominent surgeon and writer, advocated for demystifying death to make it less frightening, believing that the quest for a dignified death is often futile due to the inherent messiness and humiliation of the dying process.