Monticello, NY - Sullivan County Sheriff’s detectives arrested two Brooklyn youths on charges of making false calls to 911. The teens, Menachem and Yoel S., ages 17 and 16, who are staying at the Kavunas Halev camp in town of Liberty, were charged with calling the Sullivan County 911 Center and falsely reporting a fire at the Green Hills housing development on Route 55 in Ferndale. The...

Perth, Australia - An 86-year-old alleged war criminal accused of torturing and murdering a young Jewish man in World War II faced a last-ditch fight against extradition from Australia to Hungary. Charles Zentai is accused of beating to death teenager Peter Balazs in 1944 in Budapest while serving as a soldier in the army of his native Hungary, then allied with Adolf Hitler's Nazi...

New York, NY - Critics are warning that a push by environmental groups to limit residential parking in New York could depress property values and slow development. A report released by a coalition of environmental and urban planning advocates, suggests that Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 initiative could be weakened by zoning laws that are seen to encourage car ownership. "As the pace of...

Dix Hills, NY - A large white screen covered the graffiti on the rear of the Dix Hills Jewish Community Center, blocking from view the black, spray-painted expressions of hate. The synagogue's rabbi, Howard Buechler, who is studying in Israel and will return next week, said he was notified "within an hour" of the graffiti's discovery by the synagogue's leadership, who reported the matter to...

Montreal, Canada - When police chiefs from across the country meet in Montreal next weekend, they'll focus on the hot-button issue of diversity - and get lessons from the Mont-real force. As part of a program sketched out long before this week's crisis over the shooting of Fredy Villanueva and the ensuing riot, assistant chief Denis Desroches will tell the annual meeting of the Canadian...