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Peninsula doctor, scientist, entrepreneur is reimagining health care

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 23, 2025July 24, 2025
Trauma therapists Jaclyn Wolfman (left) and Miri Bar-Halpern are co-authors of a paper about the ways Jewish fears of antisemitism or distress over the Oct. 7 attacks have been dismissed or downplayed. (Courtesy)
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‘Traumatic invalidation’: Therapists name the way Jewish fear has been ignored since Oct. 7

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From left, Marc Mazer, Susan Talon-Mazer, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Francesca Goldblatt of the AriYael Jewish Healing Center. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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