New York City - Conservative radio host Michael Savage will have his hands full on Monday. In response to his controversial comments about children with autism, Autism United and angry parents will hold a major protest outside WOR Radio studios in Manhattan on Monday afternoon. They will be calling for the firing of the radio jock and asking for a boycott by parents of children with...

Melbourne, Australia - Angry family members have approached Jewish Care in Melbourne over the presence of messianic Jews serving as volunteers at the Smorgon Family Nursing Home in St Kilda Road. “I am appalled that this was allowed to happen,” Terkel told The AJN. “How they can allow them into the Smorgon unit to be with people who are near the end of their life is just appalling,”...

Jerusalem, Israel - Israel is using rats to drive Arab families out of their homes in the Old City of Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority's (PA) official news agency Wafa has alleged. Rats have become an Israeli weapon to displace and expel Arab residents of Jerusalem, it said in a report. "Over the past two months, dozens of (Jewish) settlers come to the alleyways and streets of the Old City...

New Yorkers pay less than residents of most other states when it comes to raising special needs kids. According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, New York ranks fourth from the bottom among all states and the District of Columbia in average out-of-pocket expenses. New Yorkers paid about $670 a year compared to Georgians, who averaged the most, at $972...

Warsaw, Poland - Poles who risked their lives a half century ago by taking in fugitive Jews during the Nazi Holocaust were honored in Warsaw today, in what may be one of their final gatherings. They recalled how they tucked Jews into odd hiding places when German soldiers were on the prowl, risking the death penalty for themselves and their family. "At various times we had up to nine people...

Jerusalem - An Arab working in the Geulah branch of the famous Hevron Yeshiva has been arrested after threatening to carry out a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. The Arab made the threat after he was fired from his job. Taking no chances, Jerusalem policemen arrested him today and are now questioning him. After the murderous attack by a Jerusalem Arab in Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav Kook four months...

Jerusalem - Israel's cabinet approved Sunday the appointment of Professor Gabriela Shalev as the country's next ambassador to the United Nations. Shalev, 67, will be the first woman to take over the high-profile post. She replaces Dan Gillerman, who has served as UN Ambassador for the past five-and-a-half-years. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni nominated her for the position in June. Shalev...

Williamsburg, NY - A 26-year-old bucher tumbled over from a 2nd floor fire-escape and landed on his head late Friday night at Kent Avenue and South 8th Street. The bucher originally from Israel was pronounced dead at the scene, the Medical Examiner responded to the scene and Chesed Shel Emes is working with the ME's office to expedite the process and have the body flown back to Israel as soon as...

Kiryas Joel, NY - It was March 2001, and leaders of the fast-growing Hasidic community Kiryas Joel were making their first appeal for state funds for construction of a cherished project: a convalescence home for postpartum mothers. A letter signed by Mayor Abraham Wieder explained that the work would cost $3.5 million and that the village would pay three-quarters of the bill if the Governor's...

Jerusalem - I was a new oleh when the PFLP and two Germans hijacked a plane full of Israelis to Entebbe. I remember well those nail-biting days, the moral dilemma of freeing dangerous terrorists for live hostages; the idea that negotiations would just lead to more hijackings. But what other choice did we have? After all, they were in Uganda, so far away. I will never forget the morning of July...

Brooklyn, NY - Con Edison is reporting a large power outage in the Bay Ridge area from 3rd Avenue to the 100's Streets and Fort Hamilton Parkway to the water effecting now 2000 customers but might increase to about 88,000 customers. NYPD, OEM and FDNY are all enroute to the staging area at 36th Street and 5th Avenue. Con Edison is asking all customers in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park...

New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg's crackdown on city-issued parking permits doesn't apply for some clergy and houses of worship and to the Midtown Kabbalah Centre - even as police, firefighters and teachers are having their parking passes yanked. The Kabbalah Centre has 10 permits that allow for parking in the loading zone in front of the East 48th Street building. Last year, the city issued...

New York - Residents and business owners will pay more for delivery of electricity starting Aug. 1, after the state Public Service Commission approved a new rate plan for Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc. The PSC approved an increase of about 3 percent for each of the next three years after holding public hearings and conducting negotiations with interested parties, including Rockland County...