Advocacy &
Institutional Engagement
Building a National Professional Infrastructure for Jewish Healthcare Professionals
AJMA works across healthcare institutions, professional associations, government, and the Jewish communal ecosystem to strengthen professional standards, address antisemitism and discrimination, and ensure Jewish healthcare professionals, students, and trainees have a national voice and the infrastructure to support them.
Why This Work Matters
For generations, Jewish healthcare professionals have contributed to every corner of medicine. Yet until recently, there was no national organization dedicated to supporting them across institutions, disciplines, and career stages.
The events following October 7 highlighted challenges that required more than individual responses—they required national infrastructure, professional relationships, and sustained institutional engagement.
Protecting the Integrity of Healthcare
Antisemitism in healthcare is not only a concern for Jewish healthcare professionals. When political ideology, bias, or discrimination enters clinical, educational, or professional environments, it can affect workplace culture, medical education, professional standards, and ultimately patient trust.
AJMA approaches these challenges through a patient-first lens—working with institutions and professional leaders to identify concerns, strengthen existing policies and reporting mechanisms, and develop practical solutions.
Federal Engagement
AJMA engages federal policymakers and agencies on issues affecting Jewish healthcare professionals, medical students, trainees, and patients. We bring healthcare-specific expertise and member experiences into conversations with government leaders and work to strengthen awareness, guidance, enforcement, and accountability.
Our work includes: engagement with federal agencies, Congressional offices, policymakers, civil-rights leaders, and bipartisan partners.
Healthcare Institutions & Professional Associations
AJMA works directly with hospitals, health systems, medical schools, universities, accrediting bodies, and professional associations to address concerns before they escalate and to strengthen professional environments for everyone.
Our approach emphasizes relationships, transparency, education, existing professional standards, and measurable institutional response.
Member-Led Advocacy
AJMA equips healthcare professionals, students, and trainees to advocate effectively within their own institutions and professional communities.
We help members understand reporting pathways, document concerns, navigate institutional processes, engage leadership, and—when appropriate—connect with trusted legal and civil-rights partners.
How AJMA Works
Not every situation requires the same response. AJMA begins by understanding the facts and the institutional environment. Whenever possible, we work directly and constructively with institutional leaders to identify solutions. Education, policy clarification, professional standards, and relationship-building are often the most effective tools. When additional expertise or intervention is needed, AJMA works with trusted partners.
A Collaborative Model
No single organization can address these challenges alone. AJMA brings healthcare expertise and relationships to a broader network of organizations with complementary expertise in civil rights, legal advocacy, education, research, and antisemitism.
We work with trusted partners including ADL, the Louis D. Brandeis Center, StandWithUs, AEN, AJC, JFNA, and others—bringing the right expertise to the right situation while keeping healthcare professionals and patients at the center.
Advocacy in Action
Federal Civil Rights Engagement
Engaging HHS Office for Civil Rights and other federal agencies around protections for Jewish healthcare professionals and students.
Professional Medical Associations
Working directly with national healthcare associations to raise concerns, provide healthcare-specific expertise, and encourage professional standards that protect clinicians and patients.
Institutional Engagement
Meeting with healthcare systems, medical schools, universities, and their leadership to address reported concerns and develop constructive pathways forward.
Policy & Professional Standards
Advancing practical approaches involving professional conduct, workplace expression, patient rights, reporting mechanisms, and institutional accountability.
Member Support & Incident Response
Helping members navigate institutional processes and connecting appropriate cases with specialized civil-rights and legal partners.
Government & Policy Leadership
Bringing the experiences of Jewish healthcare professionals directly to policymakers through ongoing engagement in Washington and elsewhere.
Building Better Healthcare Together
Lasting change happens through relationships, professionalism, evidence, and sustained engagement.
If you represent a healthcare institution, medical school, professional association, government agency, or community organization, AJMA welcomes the opportunity to work together.
If you are a healthcare professional, student, or trainee experiencing antisemitism or discrimination, you do not have to navigate it alone.