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February 24, 2021

'Nurses' episode pulled after scene with Orthodox Jews deemed anti-Semitic

What's with the "Cancel!" frenzy, is this the future of artistic freedom? And what about the Palestinian children slaughtered every day?

Global TV says it has pulled an episode of Toronto-set drama "Nurses" from circulation following backlash over a plotline critics deemed anti-Semitic.

The controversy involves a scene where an Orthodox Jewish man refuses a bone graft, concerned it would potentially come from an "Arab" or "woman" donor.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced the scene as having "demonized religious Jews and Judaism".

"The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes, right down to the name of the patient, Israel", they added in a statement.

B'nai Brith Canada issued its own statement on the Canadian series, raising concerns over how the storyline "perpetuates false and dangerous anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jews – Hasidic and Orthodox Jews in particular – hating women, Arabs or non-Jews in general".

"In actuality, when a Jew receives a graft or organ donation from the dead, under Jewish law, the fact that the donor may be a non-Jew, a woman, an Arab or even a fellow Jew is irrelevant. According to traditional Jewish law, saving a life takes precedence over all other considerations and religious commandments".

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