Little Evidence to Suggest Orthodox Jewish Community Affected by Measles Is Undervaccinated

Pedestrians walk past the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 9, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Image

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Orthodox Jews have customs and beliefs very different from those of the mainstream, so when measles started to spread among them, the rest of the world jumped to the conclusion that this was because many of them eschew vaccination.