Talking Point – Jewish TV Channel Laura Kessler

AJMA Founder and President Dr. Yael Halaas discusses how she mobilized a group of doctors after the events of 10/7 to fight bias, and explains the current state of medical antisemitism, what doctors and medical students are experiencing on the front lines, along with the effects of DEI in medical schools.
EPISODE PAGE:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/american-jewish-medical-association-on-talking-point
TALKING POINT:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/talkingpoint/
BIPACT NEWS:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/bipact/


Inaugural Executive Director Michelle Stravitz explains the overall infrastructure for the first ever American Jewish Medical Association and how all Jewish health professionals from every background including students to retirees and non-clinical patient advocates may benefit and participate to help the cause.
EPISODE PAGE:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/american-jewish-medical-association-on-talking-point
TALKING POINT:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/talkingpoint/
BIPACT NEWS:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/bipact/

Professor Ron Hassner staged a faculty sit-in against antisemitism by living and sleeping in his Berkeley office until university administrators agreed to his requests to improve the campus environment for his Jewish students who are facing unprecedented antisemitism. Several other faculty eventually joined him, setting off a growing movement. Now home, he sits down with Laura Kessler to discuss antisemitism at Berkeley, bipartisan boundaries in faculty activism, improving resident life, IHRA, and some of his own nationally recognized research.
EPISODE PAGE:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/ron-hassner-on-talking-point/
TALKING POINT:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/talkingpoint/
BIPACT NEWS:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/bipact/


Janet Singer Applefield discusses her upcoming Holocaust Memoir with Laura Kessler. As a child survivor, she discusses her journey of resilience through several names and identities before being reunited with her father and beginning a new life. One of the lessons we can learn from Janet and other Holocaust survivors is how to be resilient after trauma and successfully transform our identities for a new chapter of Jewish survival and healing after the unimaginable loss of 10/7.
EPISODE PAGE:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/janet-singer-applefield-on-talking-point/
TALKING POINT:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/talkingpoint/
BIPACT NEWS:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/bipact/


In Part III of our Jewish Trauma & Mental Health series, Dr. Jeff Lichtman discusses the mental health of Jewish students on campus, the relentless assault on their Jewish identity, and how we can prevent being overwhelmed from constant negativity by focusing on a few things we can control, instead of all the things we cannot. 
We discuss the specific ways students have been affected by increased global antisemitism after 10/7 and how the community can work together to support them.
Please share this with the students and young adults in your life, and the people who love them.
TALKING POINT:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/talkingpoint/
BIPACT NEWS:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/bipact/
EPISODE PAGE:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/jewish-trauma-mental-health-series-part-3-supporting-our-students-after-10-7/?doing_wp_cron=1711005246.4457769393920898437500
Read Reports about how to protect Jewish students on campus at
AMCHA Initiative 
https://amchainitiative.org/reports

In Part II of our Jewish Trauma & Mental Health series, Laura sits down with Dr. Beth Rom-Rymer, president of the Association of Jewish Psychologists (AJP) to discuss antisemitism within the American Psychological Association (APA) and how AJP is working within APA to forge a stronger understanding of antisemitism and the needs of the Jewish community and its trauma victims.
Following the attacks of 10/7, the APA issued a disappointing statement which did not acknowledge the full reality of Jewish trauma. Members of the AJP wrote a strong rebuttal to the APA, and have subsequently strengthened the dialogue within APA in many positive ways.
This comprehensive discussion covers all bases from the past history of the APA during the Holocaust and eugenics, to the present manifestations of "new antisemitism" as Israel-phobia, with a hopeful outlook for the future and the contributions of AJP leaders within the APA.
Numerous resources are linked explaining how you can get involved with AJP, free support groups, webinars and much more.
The complete rebuttal from the AJP to the APA after 10/7 can also be found on the episode page.
BIPACT NEWS:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/bipact/
EPISODE PAGE:
https://www.jewishtvchannel.com/jewish-trauma-mental-health-series-part-2-how-jewish-psychologists-are-working-within-the-apa-to-fight-antisemitism/
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH PSYCHOLOGISTS:
https://associationofjewishpsychologists.com/
AJP REBUTTAL TO APA STATEMENT:
https://associationofjewishpsychologists.com/ajp-rebuttal-to-apa-statement/#
Free resources and access to AJP support groups and webinars:
https://associationofjewishpsychologists.com/resources/