RECKLESS BOY, NOT ARSON BURNED SYNAGOGUE OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL RABBI

Fire at NY synagogue of anti-Israel group was started by boy, not Zionist opponents, cops say (SD Union Trib)
MONSEY, N.Y. – A boy playing with matches burned down the synagogue of an anti-Israel Orthodox Jewish group, not Zionist opponents, police said Friday.

The 15-year-old boy was charged with criminal mischief and referred to Family Court in the April 1 fire that wrecked the Congregation Bais Yehudi synagogue, about 40 miles north of New York City, said Ramapo police Sgt. John Lynch.

Some synagogue members had claimed the blaze was set by Zionists opposed to their anti-Israel views. Members of the group, Neturei Karta, routinely burn the Israeli flag, heckle marchers in Israel Day parades and pray for the end of the Jewish state. A few members prompted outrage when they traveled to Iran to participate in a Holocaust-denial conference.

But Lynch said the fire was caused by the boy “recklessly throwing matches around.”

No one was injured in the fire, which gutted the building.

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