Suspicious fire destroys N.Y. synagogue

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Suspicious fire destroys N.Y. synagogue

By CRISTIAN SALAZAR,
Associated Press Writer
25 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed the synagogue of an anti-Zionist Jewish group that had been heavily criticized for attending a conference in Iran last year where participants debated the Holocaust.

No one was injured in Sunday night's fire. A senior Neturei Karta rabbi and his family, who lived on the top floor of the three-story structure, were not home.

"It may in the future be found to be accidental, but at this time we're treating it as a suspicious fire and we're investigating it as such," said Sgt. Daniel Hyman of the Ramapo Police Department, which serves the suburban community of Monsey, about 35 miles north of New York City.

Neturei Karta had been the target of threats in the past because of its involvement in the anti-Zionism movement. The group does not dispute that the Holocaust occurred, said Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss.

"There's no question that the issue is to stifle the opposition to Zionism," Weiss said after the fire. "Anybody who would like to reveal to the world their opposition to this political, national movement of Zionism is attacked."

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