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In the months following October 7, there were increasingly alarming stories from Jewish doctors, nurses, and medical students across the United States. Some described being doxxed, others said they feared speaking up in class or at work, and many felt there was no organization dedicated to representing them within the healthcare system. And so the American Jewish Medical Association (AJMA) was founded.

The Jerusalem Post spoke to Eveline Shekhman, AJMA CEO, on Tuesday. Shekhman recently testified before the US House Committee on Education and Workforce that "antisemitism in medicine is, at its core, a patient care crisis" and that patient care is now being affected because of rising Jew hatred.

According to AJMA's research, there are approximately 250,000 Jewish healthcare professionals in the US, including physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, pharmacists, allied health workers, administrators, researchers, and faculty. Jewish Americans represent roughly 14% of all US physicians.

Shekhman told the Post that she founded AJMA in the aftermath of October 7, when she started seeing increasing signs of antisemitism in health care, and realized that there was no organization dedicated to representing Jewish Americans in the healthcare system.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-898885