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Yeshiva head recounts being denied treatment because he looked like a rabbi
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100% right-leaningFirst reported by Kikar HaShabbat · Jun 14, 2026
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What happened
Rabbi Yisrael Bunim Schreiber, head of Netiv HaDaat, spoke at a Keren Olam HaTorah emergency fundraiser in Lakewood on Saturday night. He said a doctor refused to treat him after seeing he was a yeshiva head and ultra-Orthodox, calling it proof of growing hostility toward Torah students in Israel.
- 01Schreiber spoke at a Lakewood fundraiser for Keren Olam HaTorah.
- 02He described a doctor refusing to treat him because he appeared ultra-Orthodox.
- 03A replacement caregiver reportedly said the doctor found it hard to treat the rabbi.
- 04Schreiber said the episode reflects dangerous hatred toward Torah learners in Israel.
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