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**UPDATE** NBC Pulls Controversial ‘Nurses’ Episode From Digital, Future Airings Amid Backlash Over Orthodox Jew Storyline - NBC Drama's Ugly Depiction of Orthodox Jew Crosses the Line into Bigotry 

Admin February 24, 2021


**UPDATE**

NBC Accused of Having "Demonized" Jews in 'Nurses' Episode

“The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes," the Simon Wiesenthal Center says of a recent episode involving an Orthodox patient.


The Center's earlier press release:


The Simon Wiesenthal Center today released the following statement regarding thisscene from NBC show “Nurses:”

“The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes, right down to the name of thepatient, Israel – paiyous and all.

“In one scene, NBC has insulted and demonized religious Jews and Judaism."

“Overreaction? Orthodox Jews are targeted for violent hate crimes – in the city of New York, Jews are number one target of hatecrimes in US; this is no slip of the tongue. It was a vile, cheap attack masquerading as TV drama. What’s NBC going to do about it?”


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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largestinternational Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, theOAS, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino).