Amid a new surge of COVID-19 in New Yorks Orthodox Jewish communities, many residents are reviving health measures that some had abandoned over the summer social distancing, wearing masks.
Officials say the worst-hit ZIP codes overlap with large Orthodox Jewish communities in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and in a couple of nearby counties.
Last week, Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, worked with the Boro Park Jewish Community Council to distribute 400,000 masks.
โThe Jewish community feels theyโre being singled out and thereโs some element of anti-Semitism,โ he said Monday.
In 2018 and 2019, measles cases spread in Orthodox communities in New York as well as other regions.