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Earlier this month, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, a pioneer in trauma research, sparked outrage as he led a workshop on trauma at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, a retreat center in Rhinebeck, N.Y., comparing Israelis to "Nazis" and disparaging orthodox Jewish patients for choosing their "tribe" over "truth."

Weeks later, the fallout is still reverberating in the Jewish, healthcare and trauma communities, with the Omega Institute apologizing to participants for van der Kolk’s "inappropriate and antisemitic comments " and van der Kolk sharing with me emails he sent the Omega Institute after initially apologizing for his comments, now threatening to sue the retreat center for libel for calling his remarks antise

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