STANDWITHUS CONFERENCE
MARCH 15-18, LAS VEGAS

HEALTHCARE TRACK

Combating Antisemitism in Healthcare: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

World-Renowned Experts Addressing One of Healthcare’s Most Urgent Challenges

CME Credits available!

HEALTHCARE TRACK
SUNDAY, MARCH 15 – OPENING RECEPTION
MONDAY, MARCH 16 – HEALTHCARE OFFERINGS

STANDWITHUS CONFERENCE

Join the flagship StandWithUs Conference for the pro-Israel adult community, high school leaders, campus students, and young professionals

When lies and hate become deadly, education has the power to save lives. How will you educate yourself and the people around you? It’s time to get educated—and get inspired. StandWithUs in Las Vegas for a multi-generational gathering—bringing together youth, students, young professionals, parents, and grandparents—to learn how to fight antisemitism effectively and unite our voices for Israel and the Jewish people.

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Sunday’s Opening Reception for the Healthcare Track is Cosponsored by AJMA.

This live, day-long educational conference has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine and Center for Combating Antisemitism. Touro University Nevada’s College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Uniting Generations.
Fighting Antisemitism.
Standing With Israel.

You’ll hear from some of the most vibrant and eloquent minds speaking today on Israel, Jewish issues, and the fight against hate. Together, we’ll explore constructive ways to make a difference — and you’ll leave empowered with the tools, confidence, and knowledge to take real action, whether responding on social media or running events in your community.

Set in Las Vegas, this is more than an educational conference — it’s a practical, inspiring, immersive experience building connection and community – a large gathering of the community, from different cities, states and countries combined with diverse allies, united with a high-energy spirit and ruach (atmosphere) like no other!

So, StandWithUs in Las Vegas and be part of the movement!
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Healthcare Track Sessions

Medicine’s Complicity in the Holocaust and Its Echoes Today: Confronting the Challenge of Antisemitism in Healthcare.

Synopsis

Synopsis:
Confronting and learning about egregious ethical transgressions of health professionals and the medical establishment during Nazism and the Holocaust in health professions education and practice supports lifelong morally resilient, history-informed professional identity formation. Contemporary relevance of critical reflection on this history for cultivating moral leadership, countering antisemitism and discrimination of all kinds in healthcare, and preserving human dignity is compelling. Through lenses of medical educator and daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Dr. Wald delves into this dark history and braids the story of her teaching German and U.S. medical students at Auschwitz. Helping to equip health professionals with a moral compass for combatting bias and navigating ethical challenges and complexities in the best interest of patients concerns us all. Dr. Wald connects the dots from learning this history (including compelling examples of moral courage/resistance) to countering the current scourge of antisemitism in healthcare for humanistic and ethically responsible healthcare practice and evidence-based global citizenship.

Learning Objectives: After this seminar, attendees will be able to:
1) Describe the history of egregious ethical violations of health professionals and the medical establishment during Nazism and the Holocaust and how it informs morally resilient lifelong professional identity formation for grappling with ethical complexities and promoting humanistic healthcare
2) Identify the relevance/echoes of this history (including compelling examples of moral courage/resistance) to contemporary manifestations of antisemitism in medicine and beyond – including Holocaust inversion – for humanistic and ethically responsible healthcare for all and evidence-based global citizenship

3) Recognize the role of education about medicine’s complicity in Nazism and the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance within the “4E’s” of countering

“We will tolerate no Jews here”: A History of Medical Education Antisemitism in the United States and Canada

Synopsis

List of learning objectives

1. Identify the origins of the antisemitic medical school admissions quota in Czarist Russia and how it came to implemented in the U.S.
2. Describe the statistical data demonstrating the existence of the quota in the U.S. from the 1920s to the 1960s
3. Describe specific stories which demonstrate the implementation and impact of the quota
4. Explain the relevance of the story of the quota for modern-day debates regarding affirmative action in selective higher education admissions

Building Allyship and Coalition Across the Healthcare Space (Plenary Topic)

Naming the Silence: Traumatic Invalidation, Resilience, and Healing.

Synopsis

In the aftermath of rising antisemitism and identity-based hostility, many Jewish clients—and the clinicians who serve them—are navigating a profound psychological burden that is often overlooked in traditional trauma frameworks. This presentation introduces the concept of traumatic invalidation, a form of harm that occurs when an individual’s lived experience is minimized, dismissed, or denied by peers, institutions, or the broader culture. Drawing on clinical case material, research on minority stress and trauma, and emerging insights from therapists on the front lines, we will explore how traumatic invalidation shapes identity, attachment, symptomatology, and the therapeutic relationship.

Participants will learn evidence-informed strategies to help clients feel safe, validated, and empowered when confronting identity-based trauma. We will also examine the parallel process for clinicians—particularly Jewish providers—who may experience vicarious trauma, moral injury, and professional silencing in their clinical and institutional settings. Finally, the workshop offers a practical framework for resilience and healing, including tools for trauma-informed practice, boundary-setting, and sustainable peer consultation.

By naming the silence and understanding its impact, clinicians can more effectively support clients, strengthen their own well-being, and foster pathways toward restoration, resilience, and post-traumatic growth.

Learning Objectives:

Define and analyze traumatic invalidation,particularly as it manifests in experiences of antisemitism. Articulate its psychological, relational, and clinical consequences for both clients and providers. Participants will learn the core elements of traumatic invalidation, understand how it differs from related constructs (e.g., gaslighting, microaggressions), and examine its impact on identity development, safety perception, symptom presentation, and therapeutic engagement.
Apply three or more concrete, evidence-informed therapeutic strategies to enhance safety, validation, and empowerment when treating clients facing identity-based trauma. Participants will practice and evaluate interventions such as corrective emotional experiences, boundary-setting language, trauma-responsive psychoeducation, and culturally attuned attunement skills. Emphasis will be placed on interventions that restore agency and reduce internalized shame.
Identify and assess signs of vicarious trauma, moral injury, and countertransference reactions experienced by Jewish clinicians working amid rising antisemitism and professional silencing. Participants will recognize clinical markers—emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and somatic—that may signal strain or ethical distress in the clinician, and will explore frameworks for understanding these reactions within high-conflict environments.
Develop a personalized, trauma-informed self-care and burnout-prevention plan that incorporates reflective practice, boundaries, and sustainable pathways for peer consultation and professional support. Participants will draft an individualized action plan integrating resilience-building tools, ethical self-monitoring, and structured peer-support options to reduce isolation, maintain clinical efficacy, and support long-term professional well-being.

New and Emerging Research on Antisemitism in Clinical and Academic Medicine

Synopsis

Synopsis:

This presentation examines antisemitism across multiple healthcare contexts through rigorous empirical research. It explores how retribution impulses associated with social justice frameworks contribute to antisemitism in medical and mental health settings, alongside a “train the trainer” grant-funded project addressing antisemitism in doctoral clinical psychology programs. The presentation shares findings from published studies including surveys showing that at least 40% of healthcare professionals and trainees in the United States experienced workplace antisemitism after Octi 7, 2023, accompanied by a nearly 4 times greater likelihood of exposure to antisemitism in academic vs community medical settings. The presentation also examines antisemitic content on social media posted by healthcare professionals and inappropriate, unprofessional antisemitic behavior by U.S. medical students at commencement ceremonies in 2024. These findings have been disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and inform Congressional and other governmental investigations, as well as policy recommendations and training programs like “Antisemitism is Bad for Medicine.”

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this presentation, participants will be able to:

Describe the conceptual framework illustrating how specific academic frameworks contribute to antisemitism and retribution in healthcare settings and explain the evolution of research focus from anxiety disorders to policy work in medical and mental health professions.
Explain the methodology, sample characteristics, prevalence rates, and nature of antisemitic experiences reported by Jewish healthcare professionals across clinical and academic medical settings, including workplace exposure rates and safety concerns.
Identify key predictors of antisemitism exposure revealed through logistic regression and predictive analytics and interpret the statistical significance of workplace environment and institutional recognition factors in exposure rates.
Analyze patterns of antisemitic content posted by healthcare professionals on social media and characterize inappropriate antisemitic behavior by medical students at 2024 commencement ceremonies, including the presence of antisemitic and anti-Zionist regalia, signs, and disruptions at U.S. allopathic medical schools.
Understand how this data-driven research addresses gaps in peer-reviewed literature on antisemitism in healthcare and evaluate its implications for institutional responses, policy recommendations, and training program development.

Antisemitism in Medical Education and Training: Effect on Patients and Providers.

Synopsis

Since October 7, 2023, antisemitism and antizionism have increased at US medical schools and academic medical centers. This session will discuss the results of survey studies of these phenomena, and studies of social media content of healthcare professionals demonstrating how social media is used for spread of such hate. Medical student behaviors exhibiting blatant antisemitism and antizionism at public events will be described. These studies identify mechanisms whereby antisemitism and antizionism have increased in the healthcare workplace. A framework will be presented for action to prevent the existence of hostile learning environments for Jewish medical students.

The second part of this session will describe the impact of antisemitism and antizionism on clinicians and patients. Actions by organizations on local, regional and national levels, as well as by the government to address structural institutional antisemitism will be identified.

Learning Objectives:

1) Describe the extent of antisemitism in healthcare

2) Identify key factors necessary to decrease antisemitism and strengthen Jewish and Israeli connections in healthcare

3) Describe a framework for preventing hostile learning environments for Jewish students and faculty.

From Recognition to Response: Addressing Antisemitism in Clinical and Institutional Care

Synopsis

Synopsis:

Antisemitism poses growing challenges within healthcare, affecting patient care, workforce wellbeing, and institutional culture. This course equips healthcare professionals with practical, systems-based strategies to identify, prevent, and respond to antisemitism in clinical and organizational settings. Participants will learn to recognize antisemitism using the IHRA working definition, understand the diversity of Jewish identity, and explore the relevance of Zionism in healthcare contexts through culturally informed, non-politicized frameworks. The course emphasizes real-time, respectful responses that prioritize physical and psychological safety, alongside institutional processes for documentation, consultation, reporting, tracking, and prevention.

Through case-based learning, participants will apply trauma-informed, culturally responsive approaches to support Jewish patients and colleagues affected by antisemitism, addressing trauma and identity while avoiding stereotyping or inadvertent harm. The course concludes with strategies for integrating Jewish identity into clinical care, case conceptualization, and professional training to strengthen trust, therapeutic alliance, and inclusive practice.

Learning Objectives:

Identify antisemitism in healthcare settings using the IHRA working definition, and recognize its contemporary manifestations in clinical, educational, and institutional environments.
Describe the diversity of Jewish identity—including religious, ethnic, cultural, and historical dimensions—and explain the relevance of Zionism within Jewish communal identity as it pertains to healthcare interactions and institutional contexts.
Respond effectively to antisemitism in clinical and institutional settings by using respectful, real-time communication that ensures physical and psychological safety, and by applying institutional processes for documentation, consultation, reporting, tracking, and prevention in alignment with best-practice compliance standards.
Apply trauma-informed, culturally responsive clinical approaches to support Jewish patients and colleagues affected by antisemitism, addressing trauma, identity, and collective history while avoiding stereotyping, politicization, misattunement, or inadvertent harm.
Integrate Jewish identity into clinical care, case conceptualization, and professional training using culturally humble frameworks that promote trust, therapeutic alliance, accountability, and inclusive organizational culture.