澳大利亚反犹太主义皇家委员会听证会上，悉尼拉比门德尔·卡斯特尔披露，班克斯镇医院两名护士因涉嫌声称将拒绝治疗以色列患者而遭指控后，多名犹太患者随之要求从医院记录中删除宗教信息。[1]
这两名前护士在2025年2月因涉嫌声称将拒绝治疗以色列患者而被指控。[1]两名护士均对"使用通讯服务骚扰、骚扰或冒犯"的指控不认罪，其中一人还否认了对一个群体进行威胁暴力的进一步指控。[1]
卡斯特尔在听证会上引述患者的呼声称："圣文森特医院接到患者来电要求：'请从我的记录中删除我的宗教信息'。"[1]他指出，这些指控引发了许多犹太澳大利亚人对就医的恐惧。为缓解相关担忧，卡斯特尔表示支持禁止医院工作人员在工作场所佩戴巴勒斯坦和以色列旗帜徽章。[1]
During a royal commission hearing on antisemitism in Australia, Sydney Rabbi Mendel Kastel revealed that Jewish patients have requested the removal of religious information from their medical records [1]. This came after two former nurses at Bankstown Hospital faced allegations in February 2025 of claiming they would refuse to treat Israeli patients [1]. Both nurses pleaded not guilty to charges of using a communication service to harass, annoy, or offend, while one additionally denied a separate charge of making threats of violence against a group [1].
Rabbi Kastel told the inquiry that patients called requesting: "Please remove my religion from my records" [1]. He attributed this development to the fear generated among Jewish Australians following the nurses' alleged conduct, highlighting how such incidents have prompted community members to conceal their religious identity when seeking medical care [1]. Kastel advocated for a ban on hospital staff wearing Palestinian and Israeli flag badges in the workplace, emphasizing the need to maintain professional neutrality in healthcare settings [1].
The rabbi's testimony underscores broader tensions, including the death of his brother-in-law, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, during a terror attack at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, which killed 15 people during Hanukkah celebrations at Archerfield Park [1].