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Fast Forward Free Measles Vaccines Available In Brooklyn Orthodox Neighborhoods
(JTA) — In response to the measles crisis in the haredi Orthodox community, free measles vaccinations will be available in haredi Orthodox neighborhoods of New York City. The vaccinations will be available Sunday without an appointment or insurance required at Hazolah rescue service garages in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Borough Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg. The…
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Fast Forward Man Assaulted, Called ‘F***ing Jew’ In Latest Brooklyn Anti-Semitic Attack
(JTA) — A Jewish man was attacked in an apparently anti-Semitic incident in New York over the weekend. The attack comes days after the New York Police Department reported that more than half of all hate crimes reported in 2018 and so far in 2019 were anti-Jewish. In the weekend incident, according to the New York…
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Fast Forward Detroit Rabbis Help Set Up Clinics To Vaccinate Thousands Against Measles
Health officials in Detroit have been working with local rabbis to vaccinate the Orthodox Jewish community after a man traveling from Brooklyn unknowingly infected 39 people with measles, The Washington Post reported. After the man tested positive for measles last month, with his strain of the disease matching that of New York City’s outbreak, health…
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Fast Forward Man Infected 39 People With Measles On Trip From New York To Michigan
A man unknowingly infected 39 people with measles when he traveled from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn to Michigan to raise money for charity, The Washington Post reported. The man, referred to as “Michigan’s Patient Zero,” had stayed in private homes, attended synagogue and shopped in kosher markets, spreading the contagious respiratory virus as…
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News Why The Measles Outbreak Is So Bad In The Orthodox World — And Likely To Get Worse
New York City is experiencing the largest measles outbreak in recent history, but the state of emergency Mayor Bill de Blasio called earlier this month was limited only to ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The first case was reported in Brooklyn in September, and as of last week, more than 300 cases have been confirmed — and…
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Fast Forward Timeline: New York’s Measles Outbreak
New York City has been hit with a record case of the measles. The outbreak even led Mayor Bill de Blasio to declare a state of emergency in pockets of Brooklyn where the disease is spreading within ultra-Orthodox communities. Those who refuse to get vaccinated could be fined. The first case of measles was first…
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Fast Forward Conspirator In Brooklyn Real-Estate Magnate’s Murder Gets 7 Years Max
(JTA) — A co-conspirator in the murder of a Brooklyn real-estate businessman was sentenced to a maximum of 7 years for his actions. Kendall Felix, who pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy and first-degree hindering prosecution in the trial over the 2014 murder of real estate developer Menachem Stark, was handed down the sentence Wednesday at…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn To Name Building After RBG As 86th Birthday Present
Brooklyn is re-naming a building after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in honor of her 86th birthday, the Daily News reported. “This is definitely a 50 Cent ‘It’s your birthday’ moment,” Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams said. “[Ginsburg] has reached an iconic status equivalent to Serena Williams and Beyoncé’s fame.” Ginsburg, who was born…
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