Are Orthodox Jews At Fault For The Measles Outbreak? My POV On WABC Radio

As the number of people infected with measles in the Orthodox Jewish community continues to grow due to a recent outbreak , so does the media attention surrounding it. More and more of our fans have reached out to us asking us to clarify that Orthodox Jews who don’t vaccinate are not doing so because of a religious exemption.

In fact, 99% of Orthodox rabbis say we must get vaccinated to perform the Torah commandments of guarding our lives and not causing harm to others.

Today, I appeared on The Bernie and Sid Show on 77WABC to explain the nuance that most news organizations are leaving out and how blaming the anti-vaxx position on Judaism is inciting antisemitism. You can listen to it here.

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Rebecca Feldman says on April 11, 2019
Thank you Allison! Great job representing as usual.
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K Wilson says on May 21, 2019
The main stream media, by Chosing to ONLY identify the Orthadox Jewish NY outbreak has the same effect as “blaming” this community for the untruthful calm that immunization is not religiously acceptable by this Community.
It is a direct, intensional and misleading propaganda tool now standard among the Media Polictical Party.
More CDC amd other reliable sources have Identfied refugees and illegals as sources of outbreaks, yet this is forbidden from being reported.
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Allison Josephs

Allison Josephs is the founder and executive director of Jew in the City has been involved in the field of Jewish Outreach for over twenty years and is the Partner in Torah mentor to actress Mayim Bialik. She was named one of NJOP’s Top Ten Jewish Influencers and one of the Jewish Week’s 36 under 36. Allison has been quoted or written about in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, People Magazine, NYPost, Daily News, TMZ, The Daily Beast, and Hollywood Reporter. She has appeared on numerous television and radio networks including CBS, ABC, Fox5, TLC, Associate Press TV, and NPR; her articles have appeared in publications including The Washington Post, JTA, Jewish Week, Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and Kveller. Pearson Education, the largest textbook company in the world, produced a video segment on Allison’s life for the Judaism chapter of their textbook. She is a sought-after international lecturer whose corporate clients include Con-Edison and NYU Langone and hosts a weekly podcast on the Nachum Segal Network. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in Philosophy and lives with her husband and four children minutes from the George Washington Bridge.