From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Today, the number of measles cases in the US has now risen to nearly 700, the highest annual number

since the disease was declared eliminated in this country in 2000.

Many of those cases can be traced to two Orthodox Jewish communities in New York.

It's Friday, April 26th.

I'm in the heart of New York City's religious Jewish enclave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Around me are men with black hats, the side locks, the traditional payout religious garments,

and about a block away, there's Yashivas, religious schools, synagogues, school buses keep passing

with Hebrew lettering on the side.

Hi, Bobby. I'm Yashair. I'm a reporter for the New York Times.

My colleague, Jonathan.

We are here doing a story on measles. What else everyone's talking about.

So, what's your opinion? You've got kids, you've got something.

I definitely do. And I feel like besides for the safety of my children, it's for the safety of the ones with compromised health.

The anti-vaccine community is very loud. They're trying to be very loud. They're trying to have a very strong voice.

And it's okay. You know what? Everybody can do whatever they want. But don't put us into a bad light.

Don't represent the entire community.

And my community, do you mean the Hacenjuts?

Absolutely.

I went to Rockland. I had a very interesting conversation. A woman said, a non-judge woman,

she said, I don't want to do this, but I would cross the other side of the street when I'm with my baby,

and I see a person in the...

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