Jonathan Hersch MD

Orthopedic surgeon, Sports Medicine, Expert arthroscopic surgeon specializing in shoulder, elbow, hip and knee surgery. #MedTwitter #Orthotwitter

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

An open letter to @GovRonDeSantis We met several years ago. I shook your hand at the FIDF gala. That night. I thought you were a mensch. You stated your support. Your admiration. Your love for the state of Israel. A place dear to my heart. What’s going on right now. You’ve lost

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@AJCCEO Right on Ted !!

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@davidhogg111 How about just thank you. To israel and the US. For getting rid of nuclear weapons in Iran. Listen to what they say. They want to kill you — you are not Jewish but you’re also not a Jihadist Muslim. So you don’t matter.

[AP @Average_NY_Guy]

There’s something about Israel that makes people uncomfortable, and it’s not what they say it is.

They’ll point to politics, settlements, borders, and wars. But scratch beneath the outrage, and you’ll find something deeper. A discomfort not with what Israel does, but with what Israel is.

A nation this small should not be this strong. Period.

Israel has no oil. No special natural resources. A population barely the size of a mid-sized American city. They are surrounded by enemies. Hated in the United Nations. Targeted by terror. Condemned by celebrities. Boycotted, slandered, and attacked.

And still, they thrive like there’s no tomorrow.

In military. In medicine. In security. In technology. In agriculture. In intelligence. In morality. In sheer, unbreakable will.

They turn desert into farmland.
They make water from air.
They intercept rockets in mid-air.
They rescue hostages under the nose of the world’s worst regimes.
They survive wars that were supposed to wipe them out, and win.

The world watches this and can’t make sense of it.

So they do what people do when they witness strength they can’t understand.

They assume it must be cheating.

It must be American aid.
It must be foreign lobbying.
It must be oppression.
It must be theft.
It must be some dark trick that gave the Jews this kind of power.
It must be blackmail.

Because heaven forbid it’s something else.
Heaven forbid it’s real.
Heaven forbid it’s earned.
Or worse, destined.

The Jewish people were supposed to disappear a long, long time ago. That’s how the story of exiled, enslaved, hated minorities is supposed to end. But the Jews didn’t disappear. They actually came home, rebuilt their land, revived their language, and brought their dead back to life — in memory, in identity, and in strength.

That’s not normal.
It’s not political.
It’s biblical.

There’s no cheat code that explains how a group of people return to their homeland after 2,000 years.
There is no rational path from gas chambers to global influence.
And there is no historical precedent for surviving the Babylonians, the Romans, the Crusaders, the Inquisition, the pogroms, and the Holocaust, and still showing up to work on Monday in Tel Aviv.

Israel doesn’t make sense.
Unless you believe in something beyond the math.

This is what drives the world crazy. Because if Israel is real, if this improbable, ancient, hated nation is somehow still chosen, protected, and thriving, then maybe God isn’t a myth after all.

Maybe He’s still in the story.

Maybe history isn’t random.
Maybe evil doesn’t get the last word.
Maybe the Jews are not just a people… but a testimony.

That’s what they can’t stand.

Because once you admit that Israel’s survival isn’t just impressive, but divine, everything changes. Your moral compass has to reset. Your assumptions about history, power, and justice collapse. You realize you’re not watching the end of an empire. You’re witnessing the beginning of something eternal.

So they deny it.
They smear it.
And rage against it.

Because it’s easier to call a miracle “cheating” than to face the possibility that God keeps His promises.

And He’s keeping them still.

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@hjluks Totally agree, Howard. The problem in our field is that Reimbursement is not linked to outcomes or patient satisfaction. Many people link take-home salary as success and bragging rights for doing 500 surgeries a year.

[Eitan Chitayat @EitanChitayat]

This should be compulsory viewing for every person on Earth. Seriously. If you’ve got eyeballs, you need to watch this.

It’s outrageously well-made and hilariously accurate, covering the Jewish people and our unbreakable connection to Israel.

Somehow, it crams thousands of years of history—miracles, mishaps, and more Jewish resilience than a bubbe at a clearance sale—into one brilliantly entertaining video.

It’s fun, it’s fact-packed, and honestly, it’s a mitzvah to watch.

Share it far and wide, like your aunt shares unsolicited life advice.

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This gem was produced by The Real History of Israel back in the day. hey're not around anymore and no idea who they are, but they nailed it. Kol hakavod to them.

#Israel #Jewish #imthatjew

[Cameron Tudor @camtudor]

💡 Bottom Line:

Your ACL graft hasn't "healed" at 6 months - it’s still changing for up to 2 years.

🏃 Return based on strength & control, not just the calendar.

⏳ Be patient, unless you get paid to play (and even then the risk/reward is questionable), don't push your return too quickly.

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

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[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@DrEliDavid Maybe trade a dead prisoner for every dead hostage. It’s a terrible deal.

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@LionsOfZion_ORG 12

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@SaltyEMNY @generalorthomd Never go to a doctor that uses the word Never.

[Kosher @koshercockney]

Wow. Just wow.

Every. Single. Word.

This is a 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 and a 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 from @Erin_Molan

Spot on EVERY time.

[dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ @DahliaKurtz]

A LESSON FOR THE WORLD🌍

UN's Francesca Albanese calls on doctors around the world to refuse to treat Jewish patients — unless they denounce Israel. In light of that ...

Listen to what this Israeli doctor tells me.

"We never ask what side. We treat them."

Dr. Michael Halberthal is the CEO of Rambam Hospital in Haifa — the world's biggest underground hospital. (So they can treat patients whilst under attack.)

I told him how patients in Canada and the U.S. have rejected medical treatment if their provider was Jewish.

So I asked him what it's like in Israel's most mixed city. I'm sure this will surprise most people. But it shouldn't.

We'd live in a better world if we operated like this hospital... Volume up🔊

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@hjluks Then there’s no hope for the rest of us

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@drdanchoi When an MRI costs 400 at the private place down the road and 2000 at the hospital owned MRI next to my office - you can see the problem in plain sight.

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@hjluks Great article @hjluks PT expectations also related to past experience.”It didn’t work for my knee “not apples to apples but that’s reality. Also fear of progression and loss of ability. Great these results last 10 years! After 25 yrs I talk more than 50% patients out of surgery.

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@GarySLesserEsq Yes it is !

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@hjluks Yeah I’ve realized that recently how painful these really are. Why do you think that is ?

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@DrTauqeerNKhan @centerofhip @Davembmd @DrBhavinJadav @drhafeezurehman @DrRajRajani @empugie @IhabFathiSulima @jbjs @orthobullets @InvictaOrtho Perfect care for arthroscopic button fixation if acute.

[Jonathan Hersch MD @herschmd]

@drchrisahmad Congrats !! Now win the World Series !!! Go yanks