Still a Doctor in the House?

She also cautions residents to pick only the critical battles. “Chol Hamoed? Move on. Get Yom Tov and Shabbos and move on. If you’re asking for Tishah B’Av, you’re fighting the wrong battle.”

Dr. Eisenberg suggests that abuse of the religious accommodations by individual frum residents may have led to the downtick in the number of programs, a charge echoed by several other doctors we spoke with.

“Some people took advantage,” notes Dr. Eisenberg. “Purim and Chanukah are not days that you are absolutely forbidden to work.”

Entitled overreach in the name of religious accommodation breeds bitterness, and ultimately reduces the opportunities for other frum Jews.