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NBC Pulls 'Nurses' Episode Over Orthodox Jew Storyline Backlash

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NBC has decided to pull an episode of their primetime drama, Nurses. According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, the network will not air the episode in question in the future or on streaming networks.

The plot facing backlash involved an Orthodox Jew who refuses a bone graft from a potentially “Arab” or “woman” donor. “The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes right down to the name of the patient, Israel — payouts [sidelocks] and all,” a statement reads from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. “In one scene, NBC has insulted and demonized religious Jews and Judaism.” The scene, which aired earlier this month, sees the young Orthodox Jew named Israel in a hospital bed, and his father is

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