New York City health department threatens to close Brooklyn yeshivas over unvaccinated students The crack-down comes more than a week before the Passover holiday, when large and extended Orthodox families gather and when synagogues are more full than usual.
El Al flight attendant in hospital after contracting measles on flight to New York Israel has seen a recent outbreak of measles due to low vaccination rates in the haredi Orthodox community.
Measles outbreak in Detroit is linked to Israeli carrier Eight cases have been confirmed after exposure was suspected at a synagogue, Jewish schools and grocery stores.