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New York City declares public health emergency over measles outbreak in Brooklyn haredi Orthodox community

The mayor ordered unvaccinated people living in four ZIP codes in the Williamsburg neighborhood to get the vaccine or be fined.

By Marcy Oster April 9, 2019 12:41 pm

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.

April 9, 2019 9:11 am

2 Hasidic men attacked in separate incidents in Brooklyn

The New York borough has seen a string of attacks on visibly Jewish men in recent days.

December 2, 2018 8:38 am

Man suspected of writing ‘Kill all Jews’ on Brooklyn synagogue arrested

November 4, 2018 11:06 am

Brooklyn residents demonstrate against matzah factory

March 5, 2018 11:29 am

Arsonist sets Brooklyn Jewish school’s bus alight using religious books

May 3, 2017 11:55 am

Brooklyn man hit with ice chunks as teens shout slur

December 22, 2016 3:37 pm

Defense: Accused in Hasidic Brooklyn landlord’s 2014 murder coerced into false confession

July 29, 2016 3:16 pm

Black Brooklyn beating victim sues New York City, Orthodox Jewish security patrol

June 28, 2016 7:49 am

Hasidic boy, 5, mourned after fatal fall from Brooklyn balcony

June 2, 2016 3:37 pm

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