Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York.
As an outbreak of measles surges across the United States – with 704 cases this year and counting – some local health officials are trying to deal with contagion in unvaccinated communities by turning to extraordinary police powers from the past.

Yeshiva Ohel Torah was burglazred  over Pesach, and the NYPD has released details and photos of the suspect they are looking for.
The NYPD tells YWN that on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 8:00PM, a man forcibly entered the Yeshiva Ohel Torah Shul through a side window and removed $2000 cash before fleeing.

The FBI says it got tips about a threatening social media post about five minutes before the deadly attack at the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego but it was too late to identify the suspect.
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has submitted a letter of resignation to President Donald Trump.
It’s effective May 11.
His departure ends a nearly two-year run defined by his appointment of a special counsel to investigate connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Rabbi Osher Eisemann, founder of the School for Children with Hidden Intelligence (SCHI) in Lakewood, was sentenced to two years probation, Monday afternoon.
The State requested 15 years in prison, but instead Judge Benjamin Bucca sentenced Rabbi Eisemann to 2 years probation, with 60 days in Middlesex County jail.

A 17-year-old African American male was stabbed on Avenue M in the heart of Flatbush, Monday afternoon.
The NYPD and Flatbush Hatzolah were were called at around 4:15PM, reporting a person stabbed at the “Pizza Gyro Grill”, (non-Kosher establishment) located at 1620 Avenue M.

The Health Department announced today that it has closed two more schools for failing to comply with an Order of the Health Commissioner in response to the current measles outbreak.

Clearly, the NY Times seems to be the new “Der Stürmer”, as they have now published a second anti-Semitic cartoon, just one day after an apology for an earlier anti-Semitic cartoon.
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Chai Lifeline mourns the tragic loss of Lori Gilbert Kaye, who was murdered in the horrific April 27 attack at Chabad of Poway Synagogue, and prays for the speedy recovery of all those injured.

Palestinian terrorists filmed themselves opening fire on a group of Israeli hikers, Monday afternoon, but fast-acting Israeli Soldiers from Netzach Yehuda (Nachal Chareidi) returned fire, hitting one of them.
The group of Israelis were hiking near the Tel Dotan archaeological site, west of the Palestinian village of Qabatiya, when the terrorist fired shots at the group.