Thumbs up to anesthesiologists Rob Zadik and Michael Bloom for launching Doctors Against Racism & Anti-Semitism. The Canadian Jewish News explains how DARA evolved from their brainchild:
Where DARA steps in is in asking its members – doctors, dentists, medical students, academics – to use their skills, their contacts and their relationships to try to put out the fire of anti-Semitism in their own backyard.
Bloom and Zadik believe that in recent years, there has been a frightening upsurge in overt anti-Semitism worldwide, including in Canada, “where anti-Semitism is becoming fashionable in the form of anti-Zionism.”
What’s more, they believe that it is beginning to make inroads within their profession – at least if measured by instances in medical literature.
DARA's filling a need in a timely way. This year alone, we've seen issues with the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the British Medical Journal, The Lancet and the South African Medical Journal. And let's not forget Dr. Mads Gilbert. So read the whole CJN article about DARA.
Our colleagues at HonestReporting Canada have been working in collaboration with Zadik and Bloom. For more info, contact DARA care of HonestReporting Canada at [email protected]
