When parents trust schools such as yeshivas with their children, they expect excellent safety as much as an excellent education. When schools ignore basic health measures, they fail that duty. Like all schools, yeshivas that do not protect their students should pay for harms that result.

As the measles outbreak spreads in New York, the city’s Department of Health has focused on the large outbreak in the Orthodox Jewish community. It now stands at 214 cases identified since the outbreak began in October 2018. The vast majority are children under 18, with 11 people hospitalized. The Health Department has publicly focused on several yeshivas, which it says has ignored directives and allowed unvaccinated children to attend school during the period of danger. Some of the named yeshivas even allowed children to attend school while they were contagious. Earlier in March, the Health Department issued commissioner’s orders requiring the yeshivas to exclude unvaccinated children or face fines.

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