Table 4.

Quantitative Evidence on Antisemitism in Health Professions Education and Practice.

Field and Source(s) Study Design, Population and Setting Key Findings
Medicine
Fishman and Auerbach (2026)21
Michelson et al. (2025)22
Schwartz et al. (2025)23
Schwartz et al. (2026)19
Survey of Jewish medical students and physicians in the US Since October 7, 2023:
  • Risk of exposure to antisemitism was four times higher in academic vs community settings21
  • <2% reported that their institutions had incorporated education about antisemitism into anti-discrimination training22; 88% reported experiencing antisemitism, compared with 40% before October 723
  • >35% reported personally directed antisemitic incidents23
  • >30% reported face-to-face antisemitic encounters23
  • Nearly 50% reported exposure to antisemitism on social media; 21% reported exposure in classes or seminars23

Medicine
Roth and Wald (2025)24
Observational review of commencement ceremonies for the year 2024 amongst the 25 highest-ranked US medical schools
  • The proportion of graduating students who wore specified regalia or buttons, carried signs or banners, interrupted ceremonies verbally, or deviated from approved scripts ranged from 0% to 22.5% across the medical schools studied
  • Examples included stoles combining a Palestinian flag, a keffiyeh, and an empty map of Israel, some with the word “Palestine” next to it in Arabic, accompanied by Arabic-language slogans (“Jerusalem is Ours”), and the display of a sign reading “End Zionism, end apartheid”
  • The authors interpreted these displays as denying the legitimacy of the State of Israel and the Jewish people’s right to self-determination

Medicine
Gordon et al. (2025)25
Cross-sectional electronic survey of 265 Jewish healthcare students and professionals in Victoria, Australia, conducted from 12/2023 to 02/2024 by the Alliance Against Antisemitism in Healthcare of Australia Since October 7, 2023:
  • One-half reported feeling need to hide Jewish identity, and approximately two-thirds knew someone else who felt this need
  • One-third reported experiencing antisemitism in the workplace
  • Approximately two-thirds reported feeling unsafe or uncomfortable
  • One-third reported avoiding group situations at work or social situations involving colleagues

Medicine
Katz (2024)26
Pope (2024)27
Survey of 293 Jewish healthcare professionals in the UK, conducted in late 2023; findings reported in two media sources
  • 95% reported an increase in antisemitism in their daily lives since October 7, 2023
  • 73% reported experiencing at least one antisemitic incident; among these respondents, 70% reported that the source of at least one incident was within their own healthcare circles
  • 44% had modified or were considering modifying their professional activities because of increased antisemitism
  • Among respondents who had reported an antisemitic incident at work, only 15% believed that it has been managed appropriately

Medicine
Starr (2024)28
Survey of 1,000 Canadian Jewish physicians, residents, and medical students, half from Ontario, conducted by the Jewish Medical Association of Ontario in December 2024; findings reported in a media source
  • 31% reported considering leaving Canada because of increased antisemitism in medical institutions and schools
  • 1% of respondents felt antisemitism was a severe problem in the medical field before October 7, 2023. This is vs 98% worried about impact of antisemitism on the healthcare system since the “Hamas-led 2023 pogrom in Israel’s south”28
  • 80% reported experiencing antisemitism in medical institutions since October 7, 2023 vs data before the terrorist attack: 29% had experienced prejudice in their medical community, 39% in hospitals, and 43% in academic settings
  • 75% reported experiencing antisemitism in academic settings, and 64% reported experiencing it in hospitals since October 7, 2023
  • Respondents reported experiencing antisemitism through organization policies (57%), organizational communications (55%), personal interactions with colleagues (53%) and non-physician staff (41%), and through the administration (38%)

Psychology
Brosbe et al. (2026)29
Survey of 218 Jewish mental health professionals in the US, conducted in 2025
  • 91% regarded antisemitism as a problem, 93% believed it had increased during the previous years, and 74% reported personally experiencing antisemitism
  • 39% reported antisemitic harassment
  • Reported occupational effects of antisemitism at work included anxiety (74%), damaged relationships with colleagues (53%), and professional exclusion (21%)
  • Qualitative responses described exclusion, erasure, and de-legitimization of aspects of Jewish identity and practice
Healthcare Professions
Schwartz et al. (2025)23
Schwartz et al. (2026)19
Quantitative analysis of 3.43 million Twitter/X posts, 899,248 of which were from accounts of 224,405 self-identified healthcare professionals from 05/2023 to 03/2024
  • Posts related to antisemitism increased more than 5-fold during the study period
  • Posts classified as promoting antisemitic stereotypes increased 2– to 4–fold
  • Antisemitic conspiracy theories increased 1.9–fold, and Holocaust inversion increased 3.6–fold
  • The authors concluded that “Social media, a powerful tool for extremist ideologies and spreading hate also enabled dramatic spread of antisemitism in healthcare”23
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2026; 17(3): e0021. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2026 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10581