Reference list
Sources are grouped by the part of the letter they support. Each entry includes a concise description, the publisher or record type, and a direct link to the source material.
Research foundation
Review and survey evidence
These publications provide the letter's central research foundation on antisemitism in health-professions education and practice.
Wald and Roth, July 2026
This peer-reviewed narrative review documents an international resurgence and identifies studies, many surveying Jewish professionals and students, in which more than half of respondents reported antisemitism after October 7, 2023.
Antisemitism in American Healthcare survey
Among 645 self-identifying Jewish healthcare-professional respondents, 1.9% said their organization's anti-bias training included antisemitism.
PubMed record counts
For parallel English-language health-professions searches covering October 7, 2023 through March 6, 2026, the review reports 61 antisemitism records, 732 diversity, equity, and inclusion records, and 3,824 racism records.
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United States
Briefings, hearings, and civil-rights reviews
Official committee and agency records document the Capitol Hill briefing, House hearing, and federal medical-school reviews cited in the letter.
December 2024 Capitol Hill briefing
An advocacy-organized Capitol Hill briefing addressed reported antisemitism in medical schools and hospital settings and included firsthand accounts from health professionals and a medical student.
May 2026 House hearing
A House Education and Workforce subcommittee held a hearing titled “Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care” on May 20, 2026.
U.S. medical-school proceedings
HHS opened civil-rights compliance reviews of four medical schools after reports about 2024 commencements. A House committee later opened inquiries into three medical schools over reported hostile environments for Jewish students.
Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia
Canadian, British, and Australian records
Parliamentary testimony, government publications, professional registers, regulator statements, and court reporting support these passages of the letter.
University of British Columbia testimony
Canadian parliamentary testimony describes calls by UBC professors and residents to exclude “Zionist” physicians from residency selection and, separately, a student petition signed by roughly one-third of the medical class.
2026 Mann Review of the NHS
The independent, government-commissioned review reports fear among Jewish patients and staff, avoidance of care, consideration of removing religious symbols, and reduced trust.
UK clinician regulatory and criminal proceedings
A September 2025 interim tribunal imposed no restriction; a later tribunal ordered a 15-month interim suspension pending investigation. In March 2026, the clinician was charged with four inviting-support-for-Hamas counts and two racial-hatred counts, indicated that she would plead not guilty, and the case remains pending.
Australian investigation involving more than 30 clinicians
A July 2026 investigation based on interviews with more than 30 doctors, nurses, midwives, and allied-health professionals reported alleged discrimination and patients concealing Jewish identity from clinicians or admission forms.
Two former Sydney hospital nurses
The national regulator confirmed nationwide registration suspensions. Both former nurses were criminally charged after a video allegedly showed comments about refusing care to and threatening Israeli patients; both pleaded not guilty.
Continental Europe
Selected European records
Institutional statements, public-broadcaster coverage, professional records, and national reporting support the European events cited in the letter.
July 2026 demonstration outside Karolinska
A demonstration took place outside Karolinska University Hospital in Solna; several participants wore healthcare workwear, and Swedish officials and physicians criticized that choice. Karolinska stated that it neither organized nor participated in the demonstration.
Stockholm mock Auschwitz gate
Ten days later, a Stockholm demonstration displayed a mock Auschwitz gate substituting “Gaza” for “Arbeit macht frei,” and Sweden's Official Council of Jewish Communities condemned it.
Belgian hospital record and radiologist
AZ Zeno confirmed that a child's record included “Jewish (Israeli),” corrected the entry, and temporarily suspended a radiologist pending investigation after alleged hateful social-media posts surfaced.
Dutch nurse social-media investigation
Public reporting documents a police investigation into posts published under a home-care nurse's name that offered “Zionist” patients a lethal “extra injection.” The nurse denied writing the posts.
Italian healthcare workers and Israeli-made products
A video showed a doctor and nurse placing Israeli-made medicines and medical products in a waste bin as a boycott gesture, prompting an inspection and professional review. They later apologized and stated that no medicine was actually discarded.
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