Israel: Five children hospitalized with measles Israeli health authorities have launched an emergency vaccination campaign targeting both children and adults in areas with low immunization rates. JNS Staff May 15, 2025
Measles found in Tel Aviv area amid global resurgence The Israeli Health Ministry urged anyone who may have come in contact with the individual to ensure that they are fully vaccinated. JNS Staff April 21, 2025
Israel sounds alarm over measles outbreak Since December, 18 people have been diagnosed with the contagious disease. Feb. 14, 2024
Agudath Israel of America fails New Jersey on measles’ vaccines What made it join anti-vaxxers in their campaign to frustrate efforts to introduce New York State-style legislation—on the dubious claim that it would curtail religious freedom—causing the bill to eventually collapse? Dr. Andrew Lowy Jan. 17, 2020
Israeli medical experts head to Samoa to combat measles epidemic The United Nations and WHO appealed to Israel for aid after the Island nation’s health-care system was overwhelmed by an outbreak of the highly contagious disease. Abigail Klein Leichman Dec. 9, 2019
El Al flight attendant dies four months after contracting measles Blood tests showed that Rotem Amitai, 43, had received only one of two required vaccination shots against the highly contagious disease, of which there have been nearly 4,300 cases in Israel this year. Aug. 14, 2019
New York enacts law ending religious exemptions for immunizations The State Assembly passed the bill 77-53, while the State Senate tally was 36-26. Gov. Andrew Cuomo immediately signed it. June 14, 2019
Another Jewish school shuttered amid worst US measles epidemic in 25 years The ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y., has become the epicenter of the disease, with nine schools being shuttered since the outbreak began. June 12, 2019
Jews aren’t the only victims of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories While haredi Jews have become the face of a flat earth-style campaign that’s behind a deadly measles outbreak, other communities can be just as misguided. Jonathan S. Tobin May 15, 2019
