ADL Condemns Oz Over Remarks Suggesting NY's Hasidic Jews Are Behind Health Care Fraud

ADL Condemns Oz Over Remarks Suggesting NY's Hasidic Jews Are Behind Health Care Fraud

NEW YORK — The Anti‑Defamation League on Wednesday condemned comments by Dr. Mehmet Oz about Hasidic Jews, sharing excerpts from a two-week-old interview with Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders.” The ADL said the remarks “fuel harmful stereotypes and discrimination” and could contribute to rising antisemitism. In the video clips, Oz Administrator of the Centers for Medicare […]

ADL Rebukes Mehmet Oz for Comments Implicating New York’s Hasidic Community in Health Care Fraud

ADL Rebukes Mehmet Oz for Comments Implicating New York’s Hasidic Community in Health Care Fraud By: Ariella Haviv In an era when political language travels faster than its authors often intend and lingers longer than its original context might justify, a set of remarks by Dr. Mehmet Oz has ignited a controversy that speaks less to the mechanics of healthcare policy and more to the enduring power of words to wound, divide, and reshape public cli…