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An article by Maayan Hoffman in The Media Line explores the growing hostility and politicization confronting Jewish and Israeli patients and healthcare professionals. The piece examines how ideological shifts like "decolonizing therapy" and anti-Zionist activism are compromising the traditional neutrality of mental health and medical environments.

In the webinar The Trauma of Denial: Trust and Safety in Mental Health Care After October 7, co-hosted by I Believe Israeli Women, Seed the Dream Foundation, and Jewish Women International (JWI), Gesher Community Care co-founder Dr. Shelly Steinwurtzel, Psy.D. joined trauma expert Dr. Miri Bar-Halpern and moderator Michelle Stravitz to discuss the erosion of trust in mental health settings and how we can restore true safety for Jewish patients.

In a recent episode of Can Jew Believe?, host Brad Pomerance sits down with Gesher Community Care co-founder Dr. Shelly Steinwurtzel, Psy.D., to address the growing shift toward "decolonizing therapy" and the anti-Zionist politicization of the mental health field.

When is it time to flee the antisemitism that seems to pervade everything?

For many Jews in the diaspora, the world has moved on faster than our nervous systems have. The headlines have shifted. The public outrage has been redistributed. The language has changed. But for many of us, the rupture has not healed. It has simply taken on a new form.

Being a Jewish psychologist these past few years has involved some of the hardest professional experiences of my life. A sense of betrayal. Incredulity at watching a field I love move away from nuance and toward myopic binaries. A feeling that the psychological community, which is supposed to hold complexity, was itself collapsing it.

🏳️‍🌈✡️ Pride is about belonging — being able to show up as your full self without having to leave parts of your identity at the door.

For over two years, many of us have been operating in survival mode—carrying the heavy, exhausting weight of collective trauma and a form of "ambiguous grief" that has kept our nervous systems working overtime.

We are thrilled to share a recent conversation where we sat down with host Shai Davidai on the Here I Am podcast.

It is incredibly heartening to see a public figure like Mayim Bialik—someone who balances the roles of actor, neuroscientist, author, and mental health advocate—using her platform to highlight the vital mission of Gesher Community Care.